$3,141 / item
H 10.63 in W 16.54 in D 11.82 in
Cerium Oxide, Grey, Deruta Blue Dolphins Vase by deBlona
Located in Geneve, CH
. Materials: Ceramic. Colors: Cerium Oxide, Grey, Deruta Blue. The “Blue Dolphins” vase, crafted in lavish
Ceramic
Wrinkled Blue Vase by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Wrinkled Blue Vase by Siup Studio Dimensions: D8 x H16cm Materials: Ceramics Siup is a small
Ceramic
Black Pipe Vase by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Pipe Vase by Siup Studio Dimensions: D6 x W11 x H15cm Materials: Ceramics Siup is a
Ceramic
Bitossi Ceramiche Hand Turned Vase by Marco Zanini
By Bitossi, Marco Zanini
Located in Toronto, ON
Designed by Marco Zanini for Bitossi, this stacked-form vase plays with scale and colour, layering
Ceramic
Mn Medium Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn Medium vase by Josefina Munoz Mn collection Dimensions: H25 X ?13,5 cm Material: Ceramics
Ceramic
Mn Soliflor Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn Soliflor Vase by Josefina Munoz Mn collection Dimensions: H12 X D7,5 cm Material: ceramics
Ceramic
Mn Small Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
sandstone and transparent enamel) Available in: soliflor, and medium. Ceramic handcrafted vases
Ceramic
Nicole & Luiza Toldi, Ceramic "Erosao #5". Unique piece
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicole & Luiza Toldi Ceramic "Erosão #5", 2024 Erosão #5 is a unique porcelain sculpture by
Enamel
Cisco Jiménez "Vinagrillo" Hand Painted Ceramic Jar
By Cisco Jimenez
Located in Mexico City, MX
A rare Cisco Jiménez hand painted ceramic jar depicting a whip scorpion with a sphere on top
Ceramic
Elizabeth Woolrych Tapered Blue Glazed Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vase by California potter, Elizabeth Woolrych, c.1990's USA. Elizabeth inspired by Japanese Raku
Ceramic
Bitossi Ceramiche Hand-Torn Clay Vase, Tall by Formafantasma
By Formafantasma, Bitossi
Located in Toronto, ON
Designed by Formafantasma for Bitossi’s “Clay” collection, this hand-turned white fire-clay vase is
Ceramic
Cohiki Vetus Vase i by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
Cohiki Vetus vase I by Studio Cúze Dimensions: W 23 x H 26 cm Materials: ceramic With its
Ceramic
Cohiki Vetus Vase II by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
Cohiki Vetus vase II by Studio Cúze Dimensions: W 23 x H 26 cm Materials: ceramic The Cohiki
Ceramic
Cohiki Vetus Vase iii by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
Cohiki Vetus vase III by Studio Cúze Dimensions: W 20 x H 25.5 cm Materials: ceramic This
Ceramic
Haeger Blush Peach Abstract Vase Postmodern
By Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern Haeger Peach Blush pink abstract vase, medium size. Looks stunning on its own or as part
Ceramic, Pottery
Red Sculptural Vase by Hs Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Red sculptural Vase by HS Studio Surreal Real Collection Dimensions: 25 x 18 x 9cm Materials
Ceramic
Postmodern German Studio Pottery Art Vase Sculpture, 1982
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Studio Pottery Art Vase Sculpture, 1982, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980
Ceramic
Postmodern West German Pottery Vase from Steuler, 1980s
By Steuler
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern West German Pottery Vase from Steuler, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to
Ceramic
Turquoise and Natural Terra Cotta Abisso Caraibi Vase by deBlona
Located in Geneve, CH
. Materials: Ceramic. Colors: Turquoise and natural terra cotta. The “ABISSO” vase, crafted and painted by
Ceramic
$4,997
H 34.65 in W 9.45 in D 8.27 in
Monumental Neo-Expressionist Hand Painted Vase, Timothy Persons 1998
Located in Helsinki, FI
A large and highly sculptural ceramic floor vase by Timothy Persons, created in 1998. Executed in
Ceramic
$2,356 / item
H 10.24 in Dm 8.51 in
Multicolor Matte Glaze Sculptural Vase 1 by Anna Shipulina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
. Materials: Ceramic. This textured ceramic vase is hand-built in my studio using a slow, intuitive process
Ceramic
$2,356 / item
H 10.63 in W 16.54 in D 11.82 in
Antique Blue, Cerium Oxide, Golden Yellow Giglio Vase by deBlona
Located in Geneve, CH
Antique Blue, Cerium Oxide, Golden Yellow Giglio Vase by deBlona Dimensions: W 42 x D 30 x H 27 cm
Ceramic
Mn L Medium Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
: Ceramics (Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel) Ceramic handcrafted vases, glazed inside. This pieces
Ceramic
Mn L Small Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
(Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel) Available in: Medium, and Big. Ceramic handcrafted vases
Ceramic
Mn L Big Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn L big vase by Josefina Munoz Mn LARGE collection Dimensions: H 35 x D 18 cm Material
Ceramic
Lotus In A Pond Vase by Newblue
Located in Geneve, CH
Lotus In A Pond Vase by Newblue Unique Piece Dimensions: D 28 x W 28 x H 30 cm. Materials: Patent
Quartz, Other
Ugo La Pietra, Porcelain "Archeologo" Vase, 2013
By Ugo La Pietra, Ugo Lapietra
Located in Milan, IT
Ugo La Pietra, "Archeologo" Handmade Glazed Porcelain Head Shaped Vase, 2013. Produced by Artisan
Ceramic
$2,356 / item
H 9.14 in Dm 11.74 in
Matte Light Gray Glaze Sculptural Vase 2 by Anna Shipulina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
. Materials: Ceramic. A modern, hand-built ceramic vase created using slow, intuitive sculpting techniques
Ceramic
Drop No. 3 Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop No. 3 Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 35 cm
Ceramic, Stoneware
Drop No. 2 Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop No. 2 Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 35 x W 45 x H 40 cm
Ceramic, Stoneware
Drop No. 1 Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla
Located in Geneve, CH
Drop No. 1 Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 40 x W 45 x H 40 cm
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ugo La Pietra, Porcelain "Avvocato" Vase, 2010
By Ugo La Pietra
Located in Milan, IT
Ugo La Pietra, "Avvocato" Handmade Glazed Porcelain Head Shaped Vase, 2010. Produced by Artisan
Ceramic
Ugo La Pietra, Porcelain "Medico" Vase, 2010
By Ugo Lapietra, Ugo La Pietra
Located in Milan, IT
Ugo La Pietra, "Medico" Handmade Glazed Porcelain Head Shaped Vase, 2010. Produced by Artisan
Ceramic
Haeger Beige Ecru Oblong Abstract Postmodern Vase
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
A stunning abstract Haeger beige/ ecru vase, medium size. In great condition, no crazing, chips or
Ceramic, Pottery
Large Vintage Postmodern German Floral Floor Vase from Steuler
By Steuler
Located in Hamburg, DE
Large Vintage Postmodern German Floral Floor Vase from Steuler, in Very Good conditions. Designed
Ceramic
Set of Sculptural Vases by Hs Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of sculptural vases by HS Studio. Surreal Real Collection. Dimensions: 22 x 18 x 8cm, 25 x 18
Ceramic
Barro Tostado Femme I Vase by Camila Apaez
Located in Geneve, CH
Femme I vase by Camila Apaez Materials: Ceramic Dimensions: ? 13 x H 20 cm Options: White Bone
Ceramic
White Bone Femme I Vase by Camila Apaez
Located in Geneve, CH
Femme I vase by Camila Apaez Materials: Ceramic Dimensions: 13 x H 20 cm Options: White Bone
Ceramic
White Bone Femme II Vase by Camila Apaez
Located in Geneve, CH
White Bone Femme II vase by Camila Apaez Materials: Ceramic Dimensions: D 10 x H 22 cm Options
Ceramic
Matte Off White Glaze Sculptural Vase 3 by Anna Shipulina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
. Materials: Ceramic. A hand-built ceramic vase created using traditional pottery techniques. I shape each
Ceramic
Nathalie Du Pasquier For Memphis Milano "Carrot Flower" Vase, 1980s
By Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Skokie, IL
Nathalie Du Pasquier For Memphis Milano "Carrot Flower" Vase, Italy, 1980S Additional information
Ceramic
Oxblood Wave Form Vase by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Oxblood Wave Form Vase by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 14 x W 14 x H 28 cm. Materials: Ceramic
Ceramic
Blue/Blue Dragon Egg Vase by Astrid Öhman
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue/Blue dragon egg vase by Astrid Öhman Handmade Dimensions: D 16 x H 24 cm Materials: Ceramic
Ceramic, Stoneware
Red/Pink Dragon Egg Vase by Astrid Öhman
Located in Geneve, CH
Red/pink dragon egg vase by Astrid Öhman Handmade Dimensions: D 19 x H 31 cm Materials: Ceramic
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue/Pink Dragon Egg Vase by Astrid Öhman
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue/Pink Dragon Egg Vase by Astrid Öhman Handmade Dimensions: D 22 x H 36 cm Materials: Ceramic
Ceramic, Stoneware
Set of 3 Atacama Vases by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of three Atacama vases by Josefina Munoz Dimensions: H35 X Ø25 x (L), H25 x Ø20 (M), H20 x D14
Ceramic
$809
H 14.18 in Dm 5.91 in
Alessandro Mendini & Linde Burkhardt Limited Edition Ceramic by Superego 2000s
By Linde Burkhardt, Superego, Alessandro Mendini
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Limited edition ceramic vase model Colletto 4 from 4 Mani series, it was composed of two different
Ceramic
Ovos No. 3 White Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla
Located in Geneve, CH
Ovos No. 3 White Stoneware Vase by Studio Cupla Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 30 x W 30 x H 20 cm
Ceramic, Stoneware
Set Of 2 Eternal Lotus Vases by Newblue
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Eternal Lotus Vases by Newblue Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 28 x W 28 x H 30/37 cm
Quartz, Other
$1,511
H 15.56 in Dm 7.09 in
Ettore Sottsass Postmodern "Tigris" Porcelain Vase for Memphis Milano, 1983
By Porcellane San Marco, Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
For sale is a rare, early Post-Modern “TIGRIS” porcelain vase designed by Ettore Sottsass for
Ceramic, Porcelain
An authentic postmodern vase by Lindsey B., 1983
Located in View Park, CA
An elegant postmodern vase featuring a cloaked figure by Lindsey B., signed, 1983. Tones of snow
Ceramic
Large Postmodern German Studio Pottery Vase by JLK Keramik, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Large Postmodern German Studio Pottery Vase by Jakob Leopold Knödgen for JLK Keramik, 1980s, in
Ceramic
Set of 3 Mn Vases by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceramic handcrafted vases, glazed inside. These pieces of pure and elegant personality are part of the
Ceramic
American Post-War Design Large Jardiniere, By Gary DiPasquale
By Gary Dipasquale
Located in Queens, NY
American post-war design large glazed ceramic green textured square tapered jardiniere resting a
Ceramic
Set Of 3 Skirts Swarm Vases by Newblue
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 3 Skirts Swarm Vases by Newblue Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 14 x W 12 x H 14 cm. Materials
Quartz, Other
Large Modernist Raku Fired Abstract Pottery Vase by Tony Evans
By Tony Evans
Located in Miami, FL
Large abstract form raku fired ceramic vase on lucite base by renowned master ceramicist Tony Evans
Ceramic, Pottery
Heavy Earthenware Vase in Verdigris w/ 3 Openings
Located in North Miami, FL
This green glazed terra cotta vase with 3 whimsical openings for flowers is super heavy and
Ceramic, Earthenware
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.