$4,344 / item
Anatolian 4 Vase by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatolian 4 Vase by Güler Elçi Dimensions: W 18.2 x D 18.2 x H 16.5 cm. Materials: Stoneware Ceramic. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In the light of her engineeri...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$4,344 / item
Anatolian 5 Vase by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatolian 5 Vase by Güler Elçi Dimensions: W 20.3 x D 20.3 x H 21.5 cm. Materials: Stoneware Ceramic. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In the light of her engineeri...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$4,402 / item
Anatolian Woman Vase by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatolian Woman Vase by Güler Elçi Dimensions: W 15.2 x D 15.2 x H 33 cm. Materials: Stoneware Ceramic. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In the light of her enginee...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$2,613 / item
Anatolian 1 Vase by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatolian 1 Vase by Güler Elçi Dimensions: W 20.3 x D 20.3 x H 25.4 cm. Materials: Stoneware Ceramic. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In the light of her engineeri...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$2,404 / item
Anatolian 7 Vase by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatolian 7 Vase by Güler Elçi Dimensions: W 17.7 x D 17.7 x H 20.3 cm. Materials: Stoneware Ceramic. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In the light of her engineeri...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$2,869 / item
Anatolian 3 Vase by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatolian 3 Vase by Güler Elçi Dimensions: W 15.2 x D 12.7 x H 24.1 cm. Materials: Stoneware Ceramic. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In the light of her engineeri...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$3,043 / item
Anatolian 2 Vase by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatolian 2 Vase by Güler Elçi Dimensions: W 20.3 x D 20.3 x H 30 cm. Materials: Stoneware Ceramic. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In the light of her engineering...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$1,533 / item
Anatolian 6 Vase by Güler Elçi
Located in Geneve, CH
Anatolian 6 Vase by Güler Elçi Dimensions: W 11.4 x D 11.4 x H 12.7 cm. Materials: Stoneware Ceramic. Güler Elçi is a ceramic artist based in Istanbul. In the light of her engineeri...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$1,789 / item
Appuntito Vase Large by Project 213A
Located in Geneve, CH
Appuntito Vase Large by Project 213A Dimensions: W25 x D34 x H24cm Materials: Ceramic Each its own individual, the touch of hand from the ceramists, the blaze from the kiln, the div...
Ceramic
Vintage Modernist Van Assche Vase, 20th Century
By Philippe Starck, Henri Van Assche
Located in San Diego, CA
A striking vintage ceramic vase by Van Assche, exemplifying the clean geometry and bold graphic sensibility of mid- to late-20th century Modernism. The tall, architectural form featu...
Ceramic
$255 / item
Solitario II Vase by Camila Apaez
Located in Geneve, CH
Solitario II Vase by Camila Apaez Materials: Ceramic Dimensions: 10 x H 25 cm Options: White Bone, Chocolate, Charcoal black, Natural, Barro tostado. Additional pictures are ju...
Ceramic
Vintage Postmodern German Studio Pottery Vase, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Postmodern German Studio Pottery Vase, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979. Additional information: Material: Ceramic Color: Blue Styles: Postmodern Country of Or...
Ceramic
$3,718 / item
Large Atacama Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Atacama vase by Josefina Munoz Dimensions: D20 x H25 cm Material: Ceramic Available in: Small and Large sizes this project is the result of the experimentation with a part...
Ceramic
$932 / item
Small Atacama Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Atacama vase by Josefina Munoz Dimensions: D14 x H20 cm Material: Ceramic Available in: Medium and Large sizes. This project is the result of the experimentation with...
Ceramic
$1,865 / item
Medium Atacama Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Atacama vase by Josefina Munoz Dimensions: D20 x H25 cm Material: Ceramic Available in: Small and Large sizes this project is the result of the experimentation with a part...
Ceramic
Bitossi Ceramiche Ball Shaped Vase by Aldo Londi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Toronto, ON
Part of Aldo Londi’s iconic Rimini Blu series, this hand-turned fire-clay vase is engraved with rhythmic stamped motifs and finished in a luminous crystalline glaze that amplifies it...
Ceramic
$1,103 / item
Chrome Vase 0002 by John Nordenstein
Located in Geneve, CH
Chrome Vase 0002 by John Nordenstein Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 12 x W 12 x H 26 cm. Materials: Ceramic, chrome paint, and epoxy primer. The self-taught artist John Nordenstein gre...
Other
$1,231 / item
Chrome Vase 0001 by John Nordenstein
Located in Geneve, CH
Chrome Vase 0001 by John Nordenstein Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 10 x W 10 x H 26 cm. Materials: Ceramic, chrome paint, and epoxy primer. The self-taught artist John Nordenstein gre...
Other
$174 / item
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 small design studio based in Warsaw. The concept is created by three friends – Martyna ...
Ceramic
$843 / item
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 (Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel) Available in: Soliflor, and Small. Ce...
Ceramic
$191 / item
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 (black sandstone and transparent enamel) Available in: small, and medium, Cer...
Ceramic
$345 / item
Mn Small Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn small vase by Josefina Munoz Mn collection Dimensions: H18 X D11 cm Material: ceramics (black sandstone and transparent enamel) Available in: soliflor, and medium. Cera...
Ceramic
Cerium Oxide, Grey, Deruta Blue Dolphins Vase by deBlona
Located in Geneve, CH
Cerium Oxide, Grey, Deruta Blue Dolphins Vase by deBlona Dimensions: W 42 x D 30 x H 27 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Colors: Cerium Oxide, Grey, Deruta Blue. The “Blue Dolphins” vase, c...
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 glazing brought this process into her own designs while also taking the liberty of in...
Ceramic
Bitossi Ceramiche Hand Turned Vase by Marco Zanini
By Marco Zanini, Bitossi
Located in Toronto, ON
Designed by Marco Zanini for Bitossi, this stacked-form vase plays with scale and colour, layering conical and cylindrical shapes in glossy green, cobalt, and deep black for a compos...
Ceramic
Vintage Abstract Postmodern Ikebana Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Lutz, FL
Vintage Post Modern Sculptural Ikebana vase by Keiko & David Hergesheimer of Catalpa Lane Pottery c.1990’s. Interesting abstract hashtag shape and lovely gradient glaze in pink, peac...
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
$332 / item
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 handles and rustic appearance, this vase exudes an antique flair. Pottery and high-qual...
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 Brazilian artists Nicole & Luiza Toldi, created in 2024 as part of their ongoing explorat...
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. Signed and dated 2011. Born in Cuernavaca, México in 1969, Cisco Jiménez is a multidi...
Ceramic
$332 / item
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 Vetus vase II conveys a unique flair and a very special kind of elegance. Equipped w...
Ceramic
$332 / item
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 rustic vase with its shape and contours is a perfect addition to your garden or balcony...
Ceramic
$1,035 / item
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 Hannah Simpson is a ceramic artist, based in Kent, UK. With a passion for...
Ceramic
Bitossi Ceramiche Hand-Torn Clay Vase, Tall by Formafantasma
By Bitossi, Formafantasma
Located in Toronto, ON
Designed by Formafantasma for Bitossi’s “Clay” collection, this hand-turned white fire-clay vase is engraved and torn by hand at the rim, giving its vertical form a raw, broken crown...
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 to 1989. Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Color: Beige Styles: Postmodern...
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 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Material: Ceramic...
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Capsule Limited Edition Blue Vase 137/999
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Shiva ceramic vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona. This piece has been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 999 units. This is...
Ceramic
$421 / item
Mn L Small Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn L Small Vase by Josefina Munoz Mn LARGE collection Dimensions:H20 X ?12 cm Material: Ceramics (Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel) Available in: Medium, and Big. Ce...
Ceramic
$843 / item
Mn L Medium Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn L Medium Vase by Josefina Munoz Mn LARGE collection Dimensions: H27.5 x ?15 cm Material: Ceramics (Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel) Ceramic handcrafted vases, glazed...
Ceramic
$1,444 / item
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: Ceramics (Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel) Available in: Small, and Medium. ...
Ceramic
Multicolor Matte Glaze Sculptural Vase 1 by Anna Shipulina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Multicolor Matte Glaze Sculptural Vase 1 by Anna Shipulina Ceramics Dimensions: D 21.6 x H 26 cm. Materials: Ceramic. This textured ceramic vase is hand-built in my studio using a ...
Ceramic
Turquoise and Natural Terra Cotta Abisso Caraibi Vase by deBlona
Located in Geneve, CH
Turquoise and Natural Terra Cotta Abisso Caraibi Vase by deBlona Dimensions: D 36 x H 50 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Colors: Turquoise and natural terra cotta. The “ABISSO” vase, craft...
Ceramic
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 Nicolo' Morales - Caltagirone. Signed and Dated by Artist and Artisan on rear-bott...
Ceramic
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 glazed and painted ceramic and preserved in very good vintage condition with minor s...
Ceramic
Large Vintage Sculptural Postmodern Ikebana Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Lutz, FL
Large vintage Post Modern Sculptural Ikebana vase by Keiko & David Hergesheimer of Catalpa Lane Pottery c.1990’s. Interesting cantilevered shape and lovely gradient glaze In shades o...
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
$2,044Sale Price|20% Off
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Capsule Limited Edition Blue Vase 158/999
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Shiva ceramic vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona. This piece has been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 999 units. This is...
Ceramic
$929 / item
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-pending Newblue recycled ceramic material, recycled sanitary ware, recycled glass, q...
Quartz, Other
Vintage Sculptural Postmodern Ikebana Studio Pottery Vase Pair
Located in Lutz, FL
A Pair of Vintage Post Modern Sculptural Ikebana vases by Keiko & David Hergesheimer of Catalpa Lane Pottery c.1990’s. Interesting abstract arched shape and lovely gradient glaze in ...
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
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 Nicolo' Morales - Caltagirone. Signed and Dated by Artist and Artisan on rear-bottom p...
Ceramic
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. Materials: Ceramic. Colors: Antique Blue, Cerium Oxide, Golden Yellow. The “Gigl...
Ceramic
Ugo La Pietra, Porcelain "Medico" Vase, 2010
By Ugo La Pietra, Ugo Lapietra
Located in Milan, IT
Ugo La Pietra, "Medico" Handmade Glazed Porcelain Head Shaped Vase, 2010. Produced by Artisan Nicolo' Morales - Caltagirone. Signed and Dated by Artist and Artisan on rear-bottom par...
Ceramic
$3,833 / item
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. Materials: Ceramics, stoneware. 15 Kg. A mound of molten clay that is deposited on the gr...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$3,833 / item
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. Materials: Ceramics, stoneware. 15 Kg. A mound of molten clay that is deposited on the gr...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$3,833 / item
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. Materials: Ceramics, stoneware. 15 Kg. A mound of molten clay that is deposited on the gr...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$1,814 / set
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 x 9cm. Materials: Ceramic. Hannah Simpson is a ceramic artist, based in Kent, ...
Ceramic
Matte Light Gray Glaze Sculptural Vase 2 by Anna Shipulina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Matte Light Gray Glaze Sculptural Vase 2 by Anna Shipulina Ceramics Dimensions: D 29.8 x H 23.2 cm. Materials: Ceramic. A modern, hand-built ceramic vase created using slow, intuit...
Ceramic
$174 / item
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, Chocolate, Charcoal black, Natural, Barro tostado. Additional pictures are just ...
Ceramic
$174 / item
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, Chocolate, Charcoal black, Natural, Barro tostado. Additional pictures are just re...
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.