Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 18 x D 18 x H 19 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 20 x D 15 x H 19 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 14 x D 14 x H 18 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 15 x D 15 x H 18 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 18 x D 18 x H 22 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 17 x D 17 x H 20 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 17 x D 17 x H 23 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 17 x D 17 x H 23 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 21 x D 21 x H 17 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 25 x D 25 x H 17 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 16 x D 16 x H 21 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artis...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 18.5 x D 18.5 x H 16 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the a...
Ceramic
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Afacan. Dimensions: W 29 x D 30.5 x H 18 cm Materials: Hand made ceramic. About: Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the art...
Ceramic
Franz Josef Altenburg Ceramic Art Vase, Austria, 1980s
By Franz Josef Altenburg
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautifully shaped vase/vessel by Franz Josef Altenburg (Austria, 1941–2021), dated to the 1980s. Handmade from red-brown ceramic with a light green to beige glaze. In very conditi...
Ceramic
Postmodern Ceramic Vase with Organic Shape from Asa, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Ceramic Vase with Organic Shape from Asa, 1990s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Cer...
Ceramic
$695Sale Price|20% Off
Memphis Style Ceramic Vase "Ilios" by Florio Keramia 1990s
By Florio Keramia
Located in Debrecen, HU
This beautiful Florio Keramia ceramic vase features an abstract pattern and a glossy finish. The Ilios model is a handmade, postmodern style piece measuring 19 cm long, 24 cm wide an...
Ceramic
Large Matte Pastel Yellow, Lemon Ceramic Vase BonBon by deBlona
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Matte Pastel Yellow, Lemon Ceramic Vase BonBon by deBlona Dimensions: D 34 x H 42 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Colors: Matt pastel color, 24 kt gold luster. This exquisite large c...
Ceramic
Vintage Pink Terracotta Sphere Vase, Geometric Sculptural Ceramic 1980s Canada
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautifully sculptural vintage Canadian ceramic vase featuring a perfect spherical form in a pink terracotta glaze. Defined by its clean geometry and smooth, rounded silhouette, th...
Ceramic
$1,705 / item
Unique Cave Ceramic Vase by Maria Loram
By Maria Loram
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Cave Ceramic Vase by Maria Loram Dimensions: W 22.8 x D 22.8 x H 24 cm Materials: Stoneware with a glazed finish. Colors: White. Custom dimensions and glaze finishes are avai...
Stoneware
$2,111 / item
Unique Brown Ceramic Vase by Maria Loram
By Maria Loram
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Brown Ceramic Vase by Maria Loram Dimensions: W 20.3 x D 20.3 x H 21.6 cm Materials: Stoneware with a glazed finish. Colors: Brown. Custom dimensions and glaze finishes are a...
Stoneware
Postmodern Memphis Style Glazed Ceramic Vase by Jonathan Adler
By Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful ceramic 2 tone vase in postmodern design , by Jonathan Adler no chips or cracks.
Ceramic
Jon Price Crystalline Glaze Ceramic Vase, California, circa 1985
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Jon Price Crystalline Glaze Ceramic Vase, California, circa 1985. Signed to the bottom.
Ceramic
$490Sale Price / item|30% Off
Postmodern Studio Crafted Handmade Ceramic Vase, Artist Signed 1987
Located in Miami, FL
Studio crafted handmade postmodern ceramic vase signed by unknown artist, 1987.
Ceramic
Michel Harvey Trompe-l'Oeil Paper Bag Ceramic Vase, 1980s
By Michael Harvey
Located in Montréal, CA
Great — this fills in the picture nicely. The WorthPoint listing is particularly useful: this is a size #1 bag, measuring approximately 5½" high × 2⅞" wide × 1⅞" deep — which matches...
Ceramic
Set of Two Ceramic Vases by SIC, Italy, 1970s
By Sicart
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1970s ceramic vases by SIC. Bi-colored pieces with typical 1970s shapes.
Ceramic
Bitossi ceramic / pottery vase/vessel designed by Cinzia Bitossi .
By Bitossi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new sample of the amazing works of Bitossi , Italy ceramic/ pottery. This great sample is a creation of Cinzia Bitossi in 2004/2005 . signed.
Ceramic
$3,479 / item
L Ceramic Vase in White Matte by Mathilde Martin
Located in Geneve, CH
L Ceramic Vase in White Matte by Mathilde Martin One Of A Kind. Dimensions: Ø 25 x H 40 cm. Opening: 13 cm. Foot: 6,5 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Handmade. Dimensions may vary. Please...
Ceramic
$2,528 / item
M Ceramic Vase in White Matte by Mathilde Martin
Located in Geneve, CH
M Ceramic Vase by Mathilde Martin One Of A Kind. Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 30 cm. Opening: 14,5 cm. Foot: 6 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Handmade. Dimensions may vary. Please contact us. D...
Ceramic
Postmodern ceramic 'Femme' vase, Baba, Vallauris France ca. 1980s
Located in Firenze, IT
Postmodern white 'Femme' vase Baba, Vallauris France ca. 1980s H 34 cm x Dia. 20 cm Conditions: excellent, no defects
Ceramic
Paper Bag Ceramic Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal
By Tapio Wirkkala, Rosenthal
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
A fantastic ceramic vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, which is truly an iconic piece of Finnish design. It was designed in 1970s and probably produced in the 90s. The internal p...
Ceramic
Loutrophoros Decorative Vase in Yellow Marbled Ceramic by Stella Orlandino
Located in Geneve, CH
Loutrophoros Decorative Vase in Yellow Marbled Ceramic by Stella Orlandino Dimensions: D 24 x W 24 x H 24 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Loutrophoros is part of the "Segnacoli" vase collec...
Ceramic
Postmodern Biomorphic Vase by Donna Polseno, Glazed Ceramic, 1990s
Located in Round Top, TX
We are pleased to offer a stunning, dreamy Postmodern / Neo Art Deco biomorphic form vase by American artist Donna Polseno, circa the 1990s. The female face is turned to the side and...
Ceramic, Lucite
Lekythos Decorative Vase in Blue Marbled Ceramic by Stella Orlandino
Located in Geneve, CH
Lekythos Decorative Vase in Blue Marbled Ceramic by Stella Orlandino Dimensions: D 24 x W 24 x H 51 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Lekythos is part of the "Segnacoli" collection and is ins...
Ceramic
Space age green ceramic vase, Pietro Arosio, Parravicini Italy ca. 1960
Located in Firenze, IT
Green space age ceramic vase designed by Pietro Arosio Parravicini Italy ca. 1960 Labelled under the base. H 28 cm - 17 × 11 cm Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.
Ceramic
Nestoris Decorative Vase in Red Marbled Ceramic by Stella Orlandino
Located in Geneve, CH
Nestoris Decorative Vase in Red Marbled Ceramic by Stella Orlandino Dimensions: D 29 x W 29 x H 32 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Nestoris is part of the "Segnacoli" collection, resulting ...
Ceramic
Majestic Tall Ceramic Vase by Natalie Du Pasquier by Bitossi
By Nathalie du Pasquier, Bitossi
Located in San Diego, CA
Standing on a yellow truncated cone, a white cylinder with a semicircular top completes this stunning ceramic sculpture by Natalie Du Pasquier, creating an artistic focal point in an...
Ceramic
Geometrical Rose Ceramic Vase by Evangeline, Quebec 1970s – Postmodern Memphis
Located in Toronto, CA
Striking and sculptural, this rose-toned pink ceramic vase was handcrafted by Evangeline Ceramic Accessories Inc. in Labelle, Quebec, circa 1970s. Produced in small studio batches, e...
Ceramic
Unique Minimalist Textured Ceramic Vase by Maria Loram
By Maria Loram
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Minimalist Textured Ceramic Vase by Maria Loram Dimensions: W 20.3 x D 20.3 x H 20.3 cm Materials: Stoneware with a glazed finish. Colors: Gray. Custom dimensions and glaze f...
Stoneware
Postmodern Handmade Beige and Black Glazed Ceramic Vase, Germany
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Germany, 1970s. This handmade vase is made in glazed ceramic. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in very good o...
Ceramic
$420Sale Price|30% Off
Postmodern Ceramic Bud Vase for Rosenthal, 1980s
By Rosenthal, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern porcelain bud vase by Rosenthal, 1980s.
Porcelain
Ceramic vase Memphis, “ILIOS” by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, Milan, 1990’s.
By Luciano Florio Paccagnella
Located in Milan, IT
Memphis Milano painted ceramic vase by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, “ILIOS” in yellow. Florio was a key member of the Memphis group when he created his series of unique handmade vases...
Ceramic
Ceramic vase Memphis, “MITODEA” by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, Milan, 1990’s.
By Luciano Florio Paccagnella
Located in Milan, IT
Memphis Milano painted ceramic vase by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, “MITODEA”” in yellow. Florio was a key member of the Memphis group when he created his series of unique handmade va...
Ceramic
Ceramic vase Memphis, “LOLA” by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, Milan, 1990’s.
By Luciano Florio Paccagnella
Located in Milan, IT
Memphis Milano painted ceramic vase by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, “LOLA” in yellow. Florio was a key member of the Memphis group when he created his series of unique handmade vases....
Ceramic
Ceramic vase Memphis, “BASTIONE” by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, Milan, 1990’s.
By Luciano Florio Paccagnella
Located in Milan, IT
Memphis Milano painted ceramic vase by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, “BASTIONE” in purple, red, green, yellow color. Florio was a key member of the Memphis group when he created his se...
Ceramic
$176Sale Price|62% Off
Ceramic Rose, Peach, Grey Vase with Perforated Decor, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rose, peach, white and dark grey glazed barrel shaped handmade ceramic vase wiith perforated decor and asymmetrical top. Stamped under base. Beautiful vintage condition. Denmark, 1...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Extra Large Vintage 80s Modern Embossed Pink Vase
Located in Fairfield, CA
An extra large vintage 80s modern ceramic vase. Nice tapered oval shape with an embossed design on each side. Glossy pink glaze. A sculptural postmodern accent piece.
Ceramic
Postmodern Brown and Orange Glazed Ceramic Vase by Giovanni Bertoncello
By Giovanni Bertoncello
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Giovanni Bertoncello, 1970s. It is made in brown and orange hand-glazed ceramic. This vase is signed on the bottom. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show s...
Ceramic
Original 1977 Tapio Wirkkala "Paper Bag" Ceramic Vase for Rosenthal
By Tapio Wirkkala, Rosenthal
Located in Malmö, SE
Original Tapio Wirkkala "Paper Bag" porcelain Vase for Rosenthal. Early production, made between 1979 and 1980. Excellent condition. Marked 'Rosenthal' 'Studio Linie' and 'Germany'...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Black ceramic and glass vase Mario Dalla Gassa Nove ceramiche 1980
By Nove di Bassano
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Ceramic and black glass vase made by Mario Dalla Gassa for Nove Ceramiche around 1980. The work reflects the material and formal research of the Venetian ceramist, active in enhancin...
Ceramic, Glass
Vintage German Postmodern Alta Mira Series Ceramic Vase by Gilbert Portanier
By Gilbert Portanier
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage German Postmodern Alta Mira Series Ceramic Vase by Gilbert Portanier for Rosenthal, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. ...
Ceramic
1980's Postmodern terracotta & Glaze Ceramic Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
A very unusual piece of pottery in terracotta finish with glaze in and out also an inside tube for a flower very rare and great look, circa 1980 stamped at the bottom.
Terracotta
Vivika and Otto Heino pottery/ceramic "weed" vase
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful weed vase by the well known couple, Vivika and Otto Heino.
Pottery
Heino Large pottery / ceramic vase , rare Chinese Yellow Celadon glaze
By Otto Heino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing studio pottery vase by the well known potter Otto Heino . This vase has the rare Yellow Celadon glaze , that the formula was lost for the Chinese artists and Otto created it ...
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Vase from Stepped Series in Enameled Ceramic by Bitossi
By Ettore Sottsass, Bitossi
Located in Cascina, Pisa
A vase from the stepped series in hand-turned in white clay enameled with two-tone matt gray and light green glaze, manufactured in the 1990s by Bitossi and designed by Ettore Sottsa...
Ceramic
1990s John Bergen Studio Postmodern Black and White Ceramic Amorphous Vase
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a stunning, ceramic vase by designer John Bergen, circa the 1990s. This ceramic vase embodies postmodern attributes with its amorphous shape, rejecting ...
Ceramic
Postmodern Haeger Peach Blush Ceramic Vase, Glazed Finish, USA, 1980s
By Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern Haeger Peach Blush pink abstract vase, medium size. Looks stunning on its own or as part of a group. In great condition, no crazing or cracks. Measures: H 9"/ W 10.5"/ D 4...
Ceramic, Pottery
Postmodern Handmade Orange, Red and Black Glazed Ceramic Vase, Germany
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Germany, 1970s. This handmade vase is made in glazed ceramic. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in very good o...
Ceramic
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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.