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Memphis Inspired Colorful Glass Studio Vase
Located in Pasadena, CA
A fun Memphis Group-inspired colorful glass vase with contrasting shapes that seem to be stacked. The wide circular base is clear glass with swirl...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Glass
1960s Matte Gray Organic Swedish Modern Ceramic Vase by Alingsås
By Alingsås Keramik
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tall rustic ceramic Swedish Mid-Century Modern cylindrical vase with intricate hand carved graphic relief patterns. Manufactured by Alingsås Keramik i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic, Pottery
Stig Johnsson 1960s Swedish Wooden Three Arm Candelabra
By Stig Johnsson
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large Swedish midcentury modern solid pine wood candelabra. Designed by Stig Johnsson and manufactured in the 1960s by Smålandsslöjd in the small Swedish...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Metal
Black Horse Head Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
-Black painted
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum.
-The original is displayed in the Istanbul Museum.
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Statuary Marble
Signed Hand-Painted Leaf Stone Studio Art Pottery Sculpture Vase Vintage German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing crack glazed ceramic midcentury Studio art pottery vase made in Germany, circa 1970s. This is a heavy vase but you can also use it as a sculpture. Vase is in very good con...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Ceramic
Este Ceramiche for Tiffany & Co. Hand Painted Floral Porcelain Vase and Lid, Urn
By Tiffany & Co., Este Ceramiche
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Este Ceramiche for Tiffany & Co. Hand painted floral sweetheart porcelain vase and lid, urn or perhaps even a cookie jar. Lovely, rare piece...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Porcelain
Sergio Asti for Vistosi Sixties Collection Luigiona & Lingham Murano Glass Vases
By Sergio Asti, Vistosi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sergio Asti for Vistosi, Sixties collection, Luigiona and Lingham works. Both signed on bottoms and numbered 6 of 33 and 16 of 33 (respectively).
Dimensions: 5" height x 10.5" diam...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Carl Aubock Glass Boot, Brass Spur Art Deco Glass Caraffe, Vase, 1950s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Carl Aubock glass boot, brass spur Art Deco glass caraffe, vase, 1950s, Austria. Glass vase or pitcher. Listing is for single boot. Glass marked Austri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Brass
Vintage Danish Modern Lilac Sand Handmade Ceramic Vase, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Cylinder shaped Danish modern handmade stoneware vase. Sand colored glaze with lilac and purple running glaze around belly and top. Signed under base. Beautiful vintage condition.
De...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Rose and Erni Cabat Glazed Porcelain Feelie Vase Pink, Cream, Lavender Ceramic
By Rose Cabat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rose and Erni Cabat glazed porcelain feelie vase pink, cream, lavender ceramic. Signed and dated. This listing is for the Feelie vase shown in the first ima...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Ceramic
Small Vintage Aqua Green Art Glass Bowl with Bubbles, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Beautiful midcentury smooth art glass decorative bowl with small, organic underwater like bubbles. 1960s Nordic modern piece in thick and solid aqua green glass. Beautiful vintage co...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Light Blue, Caramel Midcentury Vintage Ceramic Vase, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Smooth curvy vintage ceramic vase with from the 1960s. Beautiful handmade piece. Light blue, caramel brown and lilac organic asymmetrical running glaze. In beautiful vintage conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware, Ceramic
Italian Marble Large Carved Vase
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian large carved white marble vase 1950s.
Stunning large sculptural vase hand carved made in Italian white Carrara marble.
Very well preserved.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
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Gnosjö, Candlesticks, Brass, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass candlesticks designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1960s.
Holds .5” diameter candles.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Brass
19th Century Classical Stone Bust
Located in NYC, NY
A good 19th century carved stone bust. The handsome figure in Greco-Roman attire with toga draped across the chest and a laurel wreath around his head.
...
Category
19th Century English Antique Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Stone
Pair of Sevres Hand Painted Turquoise Porcelain Lidded Urns
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Sevres hand painted porcelain turquoise lidded urns. Both of them are depicting in the front a sea shore fishermen scenes. In one, a group of fishermen are preparing a sailboat and in the other one, they are pulling the net. The back are adorned with some gilt fishing tools and baskets with foliages. Both scenes are golden framed with scrolls of acanthus and flowers beside them. Gilt white concave long oval shaped rings alternated with gilt foliages and shamrocks decorate the necks of the urns. The same pattern are repeated in the lids, but no white color in the center. The bell shaped lids ended with pinecones finials. A mix of scrolls and Greek keys serve as handles. The round bases are also decorated with gilt foliages. The Sevres hallmark appears in the lids and below the bases. One of the urn’s painting...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Porcelain
Large Memphis Glass Object by Matteo Thun for Tiffany & Co. 1987
By Matteo Thun, Barovier&Toso
Located in Tilburg, NL
Extraordinary and unique blue glass object by famous designer and Memphis Group founding member Matteo Thun (1952 – Italy). Very, very rare. Rinascim...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Very Large Memphis Glass Object by Matteo Thun for Tiffany & Co., 1987
By Matteo Thun, Barovier&Toso
Located in Tilburg, NL
Extraordinary and very large (86cm in height) blue glass object by famous designer and Memphis Group founding member Matteo Thun (1952 – Italy). Rina...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
H 33.86 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Vintage German Pottery Vase
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful vintage West-Germany vase. Model 110/30. Very good vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Pottery
English Marble Bust of Parliament Gentleman on Plinth, John Graham Lough C. 1855
By John Graham Lough
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Marble bust of Parliament gentleman displayed on a circular plinth. Signed by maker John Graham Lough, London Mid 19th Century. Lough sculp...
Category
1850s English William IV Antique Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Statuary Marble
H 29.5 in W 24 in D 12 in
Wallåkra, Mid-Century Stoneware Vase, Sweden, 1960s
By Wallåkra
Located in New York, NY
A sizeable mid-century stoneware vase.
Impressed: WALLAKRA.
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Very Large Memphis Glass Objects by Matteo Thun for Tiffany & Co. 1987
By Matteo Thun, Barovier&Toso
Located in Tilburg, NL
Extraordinary and very large (54,5 & 86 cm in height) glass objects by famous designer and Memphis Group founding member Matteo Thun (1952 – Italy). Rinascimento Collection for Tiffa...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
H 33.86 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Italian Carrara Marble Nymph Figure
Located in Newark, England
Fine Italian Carrara marble of a Nymph. The figure stood upon a rocky plinth partially nude with a draped robe seen pouring water from a large urn as she looks on. The beautiful carv...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Carrara Marble
Spanish Ceramic Vase by Serra, 1960s
By Josep Serra, Cerámica Serra
Located in Barcelona, ES
Midcentury Green, White and Black Striped Ceramic Vase by Serra.
A beautiful striped glazed ceramic vase Manufacured by Cerámicas Serra, Spain, 1960s
Designed by Josep Serra.
This colorful terracotta ceramic vase has stripes in green, black and shades of gray on a white background.
Signed ' Serra' underneath.
It can be placed alone used as decorative vase or flower vase but it would be nice also as a part of a collection of ceramic vase.
Measures: 25 cm height x 11.5 cm diameter
About Serra:
Serra ceramics factory was a well known ceramics catalan manufacturer with three generations of ceramists. The workshop was founded by Antoni Serra one of the first ceramists in Spain who found an artistic ceramics workshop/studio. Josep Serra with his brothers Antoni and Enric followed his father in the art of ceramics at Can Famades, the new Studio at Cornellà, Barcelona. Josep Serra became the Manager at Cerámicas Serra at the 1930s.
The Serra brothers participated in different exhibitions and awards.
Jordi Serra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Monumental Continental Horse Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Very impressive plaster reproduction of a classical Trojan horse artifact housed in the British Museum in London. Most likely executed in the early 20th century by a gipsoteca (plast...
Category
Early 20th Century Art & Design Curated Auction
Materials
Plaster, Resin
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