Modern Vases
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Rosso Levanto Marble Pedestal Bowl XL
Located in EINDHOVEN, NB
Introducing our Rosso Levanto Marble Pedestal Bowl, a fusion of style and functionality. Handcrafted with precision from premium Rosso Le...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
New Modern Vase in Travertine and Marble, Designer Ivan Colominas STOCK
Located in Milan, IT
Vase in Travertine Navona and Emperor dark marbles.
Size: 15×31,7 cm., 5,9x12,4 in. smooth finishing. Commercial name: Tivoli Vase L, Tivoli Collection by the Spanish designer Ivan C...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Travertine, Marble
New Modern Centerpiece in Travertine and Marble, Designer Ivan Colominas STOCK
Located in Milan, IT
Centerpiece in Travertine Navona and Emperador dark.
Size: 37×14.5 cm. - 14,5×5,7 in.. smooth finishing.
Commercial name: Tivoli Centerpiece in marble, Tivoli Collection by the Span...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Grande Vaso in vetro di Murano iridescente di Sergio Asti Eosina, anni '70
By Sergio Asti
Located in Mariano Del Friuli, GO
Bellissimo Vaso di Murano di Vetro eosina che da un effetto iridescente
rappresentando i colori dell'iride e riflessi mobili e cangianti.
In perfette condizioni!!
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Large David Gil for Bennington Pottery Black Vase
By David Gil
Located in Sarasota, FL
Large vase designed by David Gil for Bennington pottery in 2017. Unusual shape and size with great stature. In good condition.
Category
2010s American Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Large Signed Anna Sykora Sgraffito Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Modern studio vase.
Anna Sykora, vases Sgraffito vases, 2014. Porcelain, terra sigillata
By Anna Sykora.
With a white porcelain body with a light grey terra sigillata slip...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Round Black Glazed Ceramic Vase by Leon Pointu, France, c. 1930
By Leon Pointu
Located in New York City, NY
Glazed ceramic vase. Minimalist, simple shape with a small lip at the opening.
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Donna Karan Lenox Signed Limited Edition Embrace Porcelain Vase / Vessel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine limited edition porcelain vase.
By Donna Karan for Lenox Porcelain.
Entitled: "Embrace".
This collaborative line partnering Donna Karan (of DKNY) design with America's lead...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pink Glazed Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase by Ettore Sottsass 20th Century Spanish
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Shiva vase is sculpture and vase. It is a symbol of Ettore Sottsass and an icon.
Sottsass designed the Shiva Vase when travelling to Barcelona for love in 1973. He encountered m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
New Modern Vase in Various Marble, Creator Arthur Arbesser STOCK
Located in Milan, IT
Vase in black Marquinia, white Michelangelo, Arabescato Vagli Filo Rosso, green Guatemala and Blu Sodalite marbles.
Size: 20 x 12 x 32 cm, 7.9 x 4.7 x 12.6 in, smooth finishing. Comm...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Unique Hand-painted Ceramic Vase (Dancing Squares) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted hand-painted and hand-glazed glazed ceramic vase design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form painted with an array of hand-drawn and hand-pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Black Marble Vase and Wine Cooler
Located in EINDHOVEN, NB
Crafted from a natural marble, this vase will be sure to win your heart. It can be used to hold your wine bottle, blooms, kitchen utensils and so much more. Place it in amongst your ...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Fantastic Early Tall Sculpted Vase by Anne Goldman
By Anne Goldman
Located in Oakland, CA
Stunning early vase by noted ceramicist, Anne Goldman c1970s, California. Goldman's work is wheel-thrown stoneware with carved, sculpted, and pierced surfaces enhanced with porcelain...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Villeroy & Boch Neon Color-block Lucite Vase, set of 2, 1990s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Villeroy & Boch produced that stunning pair of vases in the 1990s. This playful design is modern with an incredible color combination. Each vase has a multilayer sandwich shape of Ac...
Category
1990s German Modern Vases
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass, Lucite
Decorative Murano Glass Shell by Guido Ferro , Italy 1980's
Located in New York, NY
Decorative Murano Glass Shell by Guido Ferro. Textured outer
shell with colorful smooth surface to the inner shell.
Label Undeneath: Guido Ferro Collection Murano
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Black Green Marble Pedestal Bowl XL
Located in EINDHOVEN, NB
Introducing our stunning Black Marble Pedestal Bowl, a captivating fusion of style and utility. Crafted from premium black marble with deep green color nuances, this bowl boasts a un...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Brother Thomas Bezanson Honan Tenmoku Flask Form Vase, 1998
Located in Littleton, CO
Flask form vase in honan tenmoku glaze by Brother Thomas Bezanson. USA, 1998. Pucker Gallery catalog number, TH1450.
Brother Thomas Bezanson was an int...
Category
1990s American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Green Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Parliament A) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This unique Green Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase is a meticulously crafted glazed ceramic vase skillfully handcrafted by James Hicks. The design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Baca Vase by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 'Baca' vase by Nils Thorsson by for Royal Copenhagen. Marked 719/3259 and signed on base.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Olé Vase No 11 by artist - designer Hania Jneid
By Hania Jneid
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Olé collection is a tribute to Spain, as colourful and enchanting as it is.
Each vase is a celebration of joy.
Unique piece in Stoneware, hand built and hand glazed and lustred...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Murano, Italy. Large art glass vase with a slender neck in orange glass.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Murano, Italy.
Large art glass vase with a slender neck in orange mouth-blown glass.
1960/70s.
Label.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 53.0 cm x D 12.0 cm.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Unique Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Parliament B) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted glazed ceramic vase is skillfully handcrafted by James Hicks. The design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form with a glazing pattern inspired...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Customizable Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Parliament B) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted glazed ceramic vase is skillfully handcrafted by James Hicks. The design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form with a glazing pattern inspired...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Customizable Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Dancing Squares) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted hand-painted and hand-glazed glazed ceramic vase design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form painted with an array of hand-drawn and hand-pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Black Metallic Glazed Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Eclipse) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted glazed ceramic vase design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form with circular and triangular openings. This unique piece stands out for its e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Florero Plata Circular
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
German Silver Vase
Andrea Vargas Dieppa emerges as a figure of complexity and daring delicacy, possessing an unrivaled intuitive energy to craft her own cosmos through the body of w...
Category
2010s Colombian Modern Vases
Materials
Silver
Customizable Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Eclipse) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted glazed ceramic vase design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form with circular and triangular openings. This unique piece stands out for its e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Ettore Sottsass RSVP Centerpiece Mod. Indigo in Colored Glass
Located in Turin, Turin
Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, and graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1939. In 1947, he founded his own studio in Milan. In 1956, Sottsass moved to New York w...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Blown Translucid Murano Glass Vase with Gold Glitters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Blown translucid Murano glass vase with gold glitters
Perfect condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Contemporary Art Glass Vase by Martin Postch , Germany 2022
Located in New York, NY
Small decorative art glass vase by German artist Martin Postch.
Clear glass, pink glass and amber glass. Signed with etched signature underneath.
Category
2010s German Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Aqua Murano “Rostrate” Vase
Located in Austin, TX
Italian Murano glass vase, in Aqua color, crafted in the “rostrate” technique, in the manner of iconic Murano glass powerhouse “ Barovier “, mimicking birds beaks. We love the striki...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Monumental Ruby Red Italian Murano Art Glass Vase by Venini
Located in Atlanta, GA
This spectacular and beautiful hand-blown Italian Art glass vase was designed by Venini, Murano. The extra tall sculptural amphora shape has scalloped "fazzoletto" edges, an iconic d...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Glass
Murine Murano Art Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
Decorative murine Murano art glass vase.
Cased glass in brown with wrap around
multi colored band . Signed underneath.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Art Glass Centerpiece, Michele De Lucchi for Cleto Munari , 1991
Located in New York, NY
Italian Art Glass Centerpiece by Michele De Lucchi for Cleto Munari.
Purple, black and red glass. With label and etched signature.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Rosenthal Crystal Vase
By Rosenthal
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Rosenthal Crystal Flower Vase. It depicts a wide tall cylindrical vase decorated around with a cluster of flowers shaped as trumpets and painted white with gold borders. Be...
Category
20th Century German Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Antique Chinese Green and White Peking Glass Vase - Pair
Located in Countryside, IL
Antique Chinese Green and White Peking Glass Vase - Pair
Each vase measures: 5.75 wide x 5.75 deep x 11.75 inches high
We take our photos in a con...
Category
Early 2000s Chinese Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Pair Georg Jensen Alfredo Vases Made in Denmark
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly sculptural pair of polished stainless steel vases by Georg Jensen. This pair stands alone by themselves with their beauty. The substantial height combined with the chrom...
Category
Early 2000s Danish Modern Vases
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Vaso in ceramica Liverani Faenza
Located in Lugo, IT
Vaso in ceramica, produzione Liverani Faenza.
Buone condizioni.
Grazie
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Plate Embossed Tall Tumbler Vase, Italy 1980s
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely tall silver plate vase crafted by the Italian silversmith designer B.F. The design features a streamlined tumbler geometric shape with a light embossed hammered pattern. The...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Hannah Hansdotter “Stucco Print” Blue/White Opac Hand Blown Glass Vase, 2017
By Hannah Hansdotter
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Swedish artist's Hannah Hansdotter was born in 1984 and has emerged as one of our most interesting glass artists of today. She is based in her studios in Kosta and Boda and has p...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Volume 1 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 1 vase by Milan Pekar
Dimensions: D11 x H15 cm
Materials: Glaze, porcelain
Handmade in the Czech Republic.
Also available: Different colors and patterns
Established own st...
Category
2010s Czech Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Fog Vase 01 in Alabaster
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
Fog is a research path on alabaster with the aim of investigate new approaches to stone processing enhancing fully its characteristics. Handcrafted by skilled artisans from Volterra,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Alabaster
Fog Vase 02 in Alabaster
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
Fog is a research path on alabaster with the aim of investigate new approaches to stone processing enhancing fully its characteristics. Handcrafted by skilled artisans from Volterra,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Alabaster
Fog Vase 03 in Alabaster
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
Fog is a research path on alabaster with the aim of investigate new approaches to stone processing enhancing fully its characteristics. Handcrafted by skilled artisans from Volterra,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Alabaster
Horst Kerstan West German Studio Pottery Tenmoku Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Horst Kerstan (German, 1941-2005) was a leading ceramicist in West Germany in the latter part of the Twentieth Century. Inspired by Chinese ceramic traditions he brought a rigour to ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Kjell Bolinder Swedish Manganese Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Kjell Bolinder (Swedish, b.1942) was born in the Hoganas area in the south of Sweden and comes from a long line of ceramicists dating back to 1830. He started his own pottery at Hoga...
Category
1990s Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Murano, Italy. Art glass vase with a slender neck. Blue and purple glass.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Murano, Italy. Art glass vase with a slender neck.
Blue and purple glass.
Approximately 1970.
Label.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 27.0 cm x W 9.0 cm x D 5.0 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vaso in resina Gaetano Pesce
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Blue resin vase designed by Gaetano Pesce and produced by Fish Design Model Nugget
Marchiato alla base, con certificato di autenticità.
Measurements: diameter 18 cm, height 27 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Resin
A Wonderful Baccarat Cobalt Blue Crystal Oceanie Vase Modern French
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful crystal Oceanie cobalt blue collar vase designed by the French artist Thomas Bastide (born 1954) for Baccarat. Made in France, the vase features a cylindrical barrel stop...
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Italian Art Glass Murano Vase Gold Flakes and Bubbles by Gambaro & Poggi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gambaro & Poggi, Murano, handcrafted this beautiful blown Italian Art glass vase. The tall sculptural tulip shape has infused gold flakes inclusions and the "bollicine" technique (in...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Wonderful Large French Cut Crystal Baccarat Edith Mid-Century Modern Chunky Vase
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French cut crystal Mid-Century Modern design panel / chunky vase by Baccarat, in the Edith pattern.
Stamped on the bottom
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
No.102 Stoneware Sculpture, Tonfisk by Ciona Lee
Located in Geneve, CH
No.98 stoneware sculpture, Tonfisk by Ciona Lee
One of a Kind
Dimensions: Ø 13 x H 19 cm
Materials: White stoneware, satin cream glaze
Variations of size and colour available
...
Category
2010s British Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Jean Hastings Art Studio Pottery Bottle Form Vase
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Slender Jean Hastings handcrafted glazed ceramic vase. Featuring a lipped bottle form, vertically heavily striated detail, Camel, Beige, Cocoa, Brown coloration and White translucent...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Jjirasi Vase #07. From the series Jjirasi
By Yongwon Noh
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jjirasi Vase #07, 2021 by Yongwon Noh
From the series Jjirasi
Ceramic, PVC Sticker and Resin
Size: 9 in. H x 7.8 in. W x 7.8 in. D
Weight: 5kg Unpacked
Unique Piece
Signature writte...
Category
2010s North Korean Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Resin, PVC
Majestic Green Onyx Sculpture Vase Subjects Roses Leaves Hand Carved in Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
"Roma Imperiale" is not just a vase or rather a sculpture, imagine it as a memory, the memory of a nobility now dissolved, a suspended memory, forgotten in a secret garden, of those ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Onyx, Marble
1980s Dino Martens Style Modernist Blue Murano Glass with Murrine Inserts Vase
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A particular blue Murano glass vase with murrine inserts in the style of Dino Martens, made in Italy in the 1980s, it's a unique piece. The vase is a captivating and exquisite piece ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Murrine
Contemporary Red Burgundy Pink Glazed Ceramic Explorer Vase No.3 by Jaime Hayon
By Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, ES
The shapely forms of the pieces in the Explorer Collection, have been condensed into these vases. They are objects that are part of my cosmos, taken from my drawings. The materialisa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Irena Vase Denim blue by Malwina Konopacka
Located in WARSZAWA, PL
IRENA has a simple, compact spherical shape with a short cylindrical neck. The vase is made of noble ceramics and, in its classic and fully functional form, is an artistic addition t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
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