$4,800
H 11.75 in Dm 6.5 in
"Vase with Classical Nudes, " Rare, Unique Vase with Male Nudes by Mayodon
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
features a series of medallions with classical nude male figures in various poses. One figure is shown
Clay
"Architecture, " Rare, Large Mougin Vase with Nude Male Figures by Goor
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Appropriately, a plum-colored Greek Revival building is shown in bas relief, flanked by several nude male
Clay
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 10 in Dm 5 in
"Floating Male Nude with Drapery, " Highly Rare Art Deco Vase by Grosz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and impressive, this sandblasted glass vase by Franz Grosz depicts a nude male figure
Glass
$4,500
H 10 in W 6 in D 4 in
"Bellerophon and Pegasus, " Rare Art Deco Vase with Nude Male by Lindstrand
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
engraved glass pieces -- often depicting nude male divers and other figures -- during the high point of
Glass
$3,250
H 3 in W 2.75 in D 2.5 in
"Bathers at Laguna Beach", Hand-Formed Vase with Male Nudes by Stewart, 1952
By Pat and Covey Stewart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique in the oeuvre of Pat and Covey Stewart, this footed vase features a total of six nude male
Ceramic
"Two Nude Divers", Rare, Large Engraved Glass Art Deco Vase w/ Male Figures
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
for Orrefors we have ever offered -- this 13-inch engraved glass vase depicts two nude male divers
Glass
$3,500
H 7.25 in Dm 6 in
"Heading to the Deep", Orrefors Art Deco Vase with Nude Male Diver, Lindstrand
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unusually dramatic and flamboyant, this is one of the most distinctive engraved Art Deco vases we
Glass
$3,950
H 7 in W 5 in D 3 in
"Bathers at Laguna Beach", Highly Rare Vase W/ Nude Male Figures, circa 1951-52
By Pat and Covey Stewart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, this vase depicts a group of three nude male figures bathing along the rocky coast, framed by trees and
Ceramic
$7,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in Dm 12.5 in
"Roman and Greek Myths", Fabulous Gilded Bronze Urn with Male Nudes, Levillain
By Ferdinand Levillain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Teeming with male nudes and mythological scenes illustrating stories such as Diogenes' search for
Bronze
California Pottery Vase with Male and Female Nudes
Located in Van Nuys, CA
of a male and female nude rendered in a deconstructed, painterly manner very much in the spirit of
Pottery
"Three Divers, " Art Deco Masterpiece with Male Nudes, Lindstrand for Orrefors
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lindstrand depicts three male nude divers -- one with a knife, clearly taken from Lindstrand's famous "Shark
Glass
Archer Vase by Villeroy and Boch, Unique Art Deco Vase with Nude Male
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
depicts a nude male Archer in tones of ruddy brown and black on a glowing sea foam green ground. The
Porcelain
"Nude Male Archer, " Rare, Lovely Art Deco Engraved Glass Vase, Sweden
By Kosta Boda
Located in Philadelphia, PA
nude male Archer figure, and was made by Kosta Boda or another of Sweden's finest art glass makers in
Glass
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H 7 in Dm 7.5 in
"Nude Male with Harp", Quintessential Art Deco Engraved Glass Vase by Lindstrand
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
for the Orrefors glass company in Sweden, this piece features an engraved nude male figure playing a
Glass
"Greek Frieze, " Rare Vase with Male Nudes by Louise Abel for Rookwood
By Louise Abel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
20th century, the result could be stunning, as evidenced by this very fine vase by Rookwood Pottery
Ceramic
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H 8.75 in W 5.75 in D 5.75 in
"Male Nude with Harp", Art Deco Engraved Glass Vase by Lindstrand for Orrefors
By Vicke Lindstrand, Orrefors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of Vicke Lindstrand's characterisitically elegant, stylized nude figures for the Orrefors glass
Glass
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H 12 in Dm 7.13 in
"Two Divers, " Large, Ambitious Art Deco Glass Vase w/ Male Nudes by Lindstrand
By Vicke Lindstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
ever offered, this 12-inch engraved glass vase depicts two nude male divers, one from the back reaching
Glass
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H 8 in Dm 6.25 in
"Shark Diver, " Superb, Unique Art Deco Engraved Glass Vase with Nude Male Diver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
in the 1930s -- which depicted one, two or three nude male divers, some of them shown hunting for
Glass
"Frieze of Male Nudes", Art Deco Vase with Greek-Inspired Hunters and Warriors
By Etienne Vilotte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and beautifully made, this vase decorated with a stylized frieze of nude male figures hunting
Ceramic
"Frieze of Male Nudes, " Large, Highly Rare Art Deco Vase by Goor for Mougin
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, this vase ringed by four nude male figures clasping hands was sculpted by Gaston Goor. The artist was
Clay
$16,500
H 44 in W 28 in D 2.5 in
"Bellerophon and Pegasus" Striking Art Deco Painting with Male Nude Mythological
By Bryson Burroughs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable scene depicting the moment when Bellerophon was about to lasso the flying figure of Pegasus after the creature paused for a drink below was painted in 1926 by Bryson ...
Paint
$1,344 / item
H 11.82 in W 27.56 in D 11.82 in
1970s Industrial Cast Aluminium and Brass Flame Proof Edison Striplight, Orange
By Daeyang, Industrial Design
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Korean flame proof Edison LED twin strip light made by Daeyang in the 1970s with bespoke signal orange finish. Original item salvaged from supertankers and military vessels then p...
Aluminum, Brass
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.25 in W 9 in D 4.5 in
"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although America's sculptors interested in African American life and Black subjects, including Elizabeth Catlett, Richmond Barthé, Sargent Johnson and Augusta Savage, are increasingl...
Bronze
$12,500
H 26.75 in W 27.5 in D 1.25 in
"Late Afternoon on the Beach", Mid Century Painting w/ Blond Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade...
Paint
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry, part of our metal Kitchen Collection, is designed as a feature element for any space. The three doors on the upper cabinets are fabricated with a kn...
Brass
$1,600
H 9.25 in W 7.63 in D 0.07 in
Orpheus #5 - Gelatin Silver Photograph Balanchine Ballet Classical Male Nudes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #5 of George Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 gelatin silver photograph (dated by the NY City Public Lib...
Silver Gelatin
$12,500
H 45 in W 29 in D 2.5 in
"Pipe Fitters", 1951 Paean to the Working Man by Gere, Wisconsin Painter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this painting dates to 1951, a few years after the Works Progress Administration (WPA) period ended in the 1940s, this tight composition of two pipe fitters doing their work...
Paint
French Art Deco Fluted Thuya Column
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
French Art Deco Fluted Thuya Column A beautiful French Art Deco column pedestal that effortlessly combines elegance and functionality, making it the perfect statement piece for any s...
Burl
$21,000Sale Price|25% Off
H 81 in W 56 in D 2 in
"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934
By José Ortega
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of turquoise, Mediterranean blue, aqua, sky blue and a range of rich browns, tans and grays, this view of three young men bathing in the bay of Algiers i...
Paint
$1,920
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Summer 8 - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Canvas, Oil
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.5 in W 18 in D 1.75 in
"Hercules and the Bull", Mythological Relief Sculpture with Male Nude, di Signa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly sculpted and beautifully finished with a deep mossy green glaze, this bas relief sculpture depicts a nude Hercules, possibly carrying the Cretan bull, followed by a robed fema...
Ceramic
$75,000
H 88 in W 70 in D 2 in
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental Art Deco Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relax...
Paint
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 0.25 in Dm 8.75 in
"Nude Orpheus with Owl and Parrot, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Rondel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A modern interpretation of the ancient story that Orpheus played the lyre so sweetly and enchantingly that he charmed and calmed wild animals, this Art Deco bronze rondel shows Orphe...
Bronze
$15,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 99.5 in D 1 in
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energ...
Paint
$7,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.5 in W 13 in D 0.75 in
"Male Nude Frieze", Art Deco Sculptural Panel, Bertoni, Traction Avant Designer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the 1930s, when Italy was once again valorizing and idealizing the male nude -- witness the famous crescent of nude male athletes at the Foro Italico in Rome -- this silvered bron...
Bronze
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.