Large Chinese Carved Pear Shape Landscape Vase
Located in Norton, MA
Carved and glazed with a panoramic village scene. A river runs through the village show houses on the riverbanks, fishermen, and mountains in the distance. A red sun is over the hori...
Porcelain
$1,680Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese Off-White Porcelain Vase, Pear Shape, Tonal Botanical Pattern
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese off-white porcelain vase with a pear shape carved in a tonal, scrolling botanical pattern (date mark on bottom, see photos).
Porcelain
Pair Large 19th Century Chinese "Friends Of Winter Pink & White Pear Shape Vases
Located in London, GB
A pair of large 19th Century Chinese "Three Friends of Winter" pear shaped vases in pink & white. A pear shaped body 'yuhuchunping' with a sweeping slender waisted neck and flared ...
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine antique Chinese porcelain vases In the Rose Medallion style. With 4 gilt handles around the neck in the form of foo dogs and lizards. The mouth/rim of the vase is f...
Porcelain
$700
H 8.27 in W 4.1 in D 4.14 in
Japanese antique white porcelain vase/1818-1900/”Iwatani ware”/rare sake bottle
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a white porcelain sake bottle made at the end of the Edo period. The name of this pottery is Iwayaki. The Yako was built in Hikino-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. (...
Porcelain
$3,840Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 26.5 in Dm 13 in
Monumental Pair Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Porcelain Vases 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of Monumental antique Chinese late Qing dynasty period Famille Rose Porcelain vases. The vases of baluster form with applied handles modeled as dragons, each vase is ver...
Porcelain
$14,800Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 16 in Dm 9 in
Pair of Antique Chinese Qing Guangxu Bat & Peach Floral Globular Porcelain Vase
Located in Danville, CA
For your consideration is a pair of finely hand painted Chinese globular porcelain vases, from early 20th century. The heavy porcelain body is in elegant globular form and covered wi...
Porcelain
Pair of Large Canton Style Famille Rose Chinese Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Canton style famille rose Chinese porcelain vases. Qing Dynasty, late 19th century Measures: height 65cm, diameter 25cm Crafted from porcelain and executed in the ...
Porcelain
Pair of Large Canton Style Famille Rose Porcelain Vases and Covers
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Canton style famille rose porcelain vases. Chinese, Late 19th century. Measures: Height 64cm, diameter 25cm. Crafted in Qing dynasty China in the late nineteenth c...
Porcelain
Pair Of 19th Century Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases
Located in Bridgeport, CT
These are antique Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vases, often referred to as Rose Medallion. They feature hand-painted enamel courtyard scenes with figures, surrounded by floral and...
Enamel
Antique Chinese Canton Porcelain Vase
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese Canton porcelain vase Chinese, early 20th century Measures: Height 24cm, diameter 10cm This Canton porcelain vase has a fluted neck and is profusely decorated wi...
Porcelain
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 10 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
Jun Ware Porcelain Yu Tang Chun Vase, Antique Chinese Ceramics
Located in Somis, CA
A splendid Jun ware porcelain Yu Tang Chun vase. Jun ware, is one of the most important kilns in China. Originated in Tang dynasty, Jun kiln produces the most splendid, free style co...
Porcelain
Chinese Ming Style Fahua Meiping Vase, Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in Basildon, GB
Chinese Ming Style Fahua Meiping Vase. The vase featuring raised lotus plants, carp and grasses emerging from waves, topped with a garland of beaded chains and precious objects aroun...
Porcelain
Chinese 567 Porcelain, Matching Pair Famille Rose Vases
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese 567 Porcelain, Matching Pair Famille Rose Vases Depicting Birds and Flowers with Poems describing the beautiful springtime, breezing day with birds singing, and flower bloss...
Porcelain
$1,200
H 8.39 in Dm 4.77 in
Antique Korean White Porcelain Vase from the Joseon Dynasty / circa 15th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This piece is a white porcelain vessel from the Joseon Dynasty, believed to have been produced in the 15th century. It represents one of the typical examples from the early Joseon pe...
Ceramic
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Vase Hand Painted
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Chinese porcelain ornamental oriental vase dating from the early 1900s. The vase is entirely hand painted, depicting flowers and birds. The vintage Chinese porcelain vase h...
Porcelain
$295
H 8 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Matched Pair Chinese Porcelain Jingdezhen Zhi Mark Famille Rose Export Vases
Located in Wilton, CT
Matched pair Chinese export porcelain famille rose vases, circa late 20th century. Hand turned with nice quality painting. Decorated with birds amongst blossoms on front, poems on re...
Porcelain
$3,600 / set
H 15 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
Chinese Pair of Early 19th Century Famille Rose Canton Lidded Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Chinese traditional Famille Rose Canton vases with great hand-painted details such as depictions of daily life, traditional Chinese scenes, botanical figures and butterflies....
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Sang de Boeuf Porcelain Vase
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Magnificent Chinese porcelain monochrome ox-blood vase with a stout rounded body and a long elegant flaring neck. It was created in the first half of the 20th century. Monochrome gla...
Porcelain
$22,600 / set
H 17.75 in Dm 8 in
Pair Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Triple-Gourd 'Taotie' Vases, Qing 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
A pair of blue and white triple-gourd 'Taotie' vases, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. A pair of blue and white triple-gourd 'taotie' vases. The base of each with an apocryphal Kangxi six...
Porcelain
Kangxi Famille Verte Porcelain Large Dish, Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th c
Located in Austin, TX
A large and magnificent Chinese famille verte enameled porcelain large dish or charger, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662 - 1722), circa 1700, China. The shallow, shaped dish of fo...
Enamel
$22,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 31 in Dm 17 in
Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums
Located in New York, NY
A massive Chinese blue cloisonné vase or urn depicting a colorful imperial phoenix with gilt bronze wires among birds and butterflies in an imperial garden of magnolia blossoms, chry...
Enamel
$38,000 / set
H 35.5 in Dm 14 in
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Decorated Porcelain Vases w/ Foo Dog Handles 1800s
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Pair of Century Chinese Famille Rose Decorated Porcelain Vases with Striking Foo Dog Handles, 1800s. Presenting an awe-inspiring and opulent duo of antique Famille Rose Ch...
Gold
Whether it’s a Chinese Han dynasty glazed ceramic wine vessel, a work of Murano glass or a hand-painted Scandinavian modern stoneware piece, a fine vase brings a piece of history into your space as much as it adds a sophisticated dynamic.
Like sculptures or paintings, antique and vintage vases are considered works of fine art. Once offered as tributes to ancient rulers, vases continue to be gifted to heads of state today. Over time, decorative porcelain vases have become family heirlooms to be displayed prominently in our homes — loved pieces treasured from generation to generation.
The functional value of vases is well known. They were traditionally utilized as vessels for carrying dry goods or liquids, so some have handles and feature an opening at the top (where they flare back out). While artists have explored wildly sculptural alternatives over time, the most conventional vase shape is characterized by a bulbous base and a body with shoulders where the form curves inward.
Owing to their intrinsic functionality, vases are quite possibly versatile in ways few other art forms can match. They’re typically taller than they are wide. Some have a neck that offers height and is ideal for the stems of cut flowers. To pair with your mid-century modern decor, the right vase will be an elegant receptacle for leafy snake plants on your teak dining table, or, in the case of welcoming guests on your doorstep, a large ceramic floor vase for long tree branches or sticks — perhaps one crafted in the Art Nouveau style — works wonders.
Interior designers include vases of every type, size and style in their projects — be the canvas indoors or outdoors — often introducing a splash of color and a range of textures to an entryway or merely calling attention to nature’s asymmetries by bringing more organically shaped decorative objects into a home.
On 1stDibs, you can browse our collection of vases by material, including ceramic, glass, porcelain and more. Sizes range from tiny bud vases to massive statement pieces and every size in between.
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It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
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The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.