$735 / item
Channel Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Chanel Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 14 x W 13 x H 15.5 cm. Materials: Ceramic / Grey stoneware clay. Pieces are hand-made, one of a kind, and sizes ...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
$731 / item
Open Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Open Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 12.5 x W 13.5 x H 14 cm. Materials: Ceramic/stoneware clay. Pieces are hand-made, one of a kind, and sizes may var...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
$735 / item
Gateway Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Gateway Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 13 x W 13 x H 19 cm. Materials: Ceramic/stoneware clay. Pieces are hand-made, one of a kind, and sizes may vary...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
$676 / item
Emerge Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Emerge Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 13 x W 12,5 x H 16 cm. Materials: Ceramic / Grey stoneware clay. Pieces are hand-made, one of a kind, and sizes ...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
$361 / item
Sail Sculptural Small Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Sail Sculptural Small Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 10 x W 10 x H 12 cm. Materials: Ceramic/stoneware clay. Available in two different sizes. Pieces are hand-ma...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
$595 / item
Sail Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Sail Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 16 x W 13 x H 15 cm. Materials: Ceramic/stoneware clay. Available in two different sizes. Pieces are hand-made, on...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
$595 / item
Sail Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Sail Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 16 x W 13 x H 15 cm. Materials: Ceramic/stoneware clay. Available in two different sizes. Pieces are hand-made, on...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
Set Of 2 Positive Negative Sculptural Vessels by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Positive Negative Sculptural Vessels by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 13 x W 14 x H 15 cm. Materials: Ceramic/stoneware clay. Pieces are hand-made, one of a kind...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
Erm Excuse Me Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
Erm Excuse Me Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 15 x W 13 x H 17 cm. Materials: Ceramic/stoneware clay. Pieces are hand-made, one of a kind, and sizes ma...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
So Nice To See You Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal
Located in Geneve, CH
So Nice To See You Sculptural Vessel by Karin Amdal One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 20.5 x W 13 x H 16 cm. Materials: Ceramic/stoneware clay. Pieces are hand-made, one of a kind, and s...
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
$140Sale Price|71% Off
Postmodern Pink Ceramic Floral Vase
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional vintage Postmodern ceramic floor vase. Features a glossy pink finish with flowers etched around the bust and base.
Ceramic
$1,878 / item
Sira Vessel by Deetee Home
Located in Geneve, CH
Sira Vessel by Deetee Home Dimensions: W 29.21 x D 29.21 x H 113.03 cm Materials: Stoneware Elegant and sculptural, the Sira Vessel draws inspiration from timeless architectural for...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Postmodern Studio Ceramic Vase Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Postmodern ceramic vase in a pastel palette with black interior, circa 1980s. Intriguing form / shape with geometric and linear decoration. Signed "R" to the underside.
Ceramic
Signed Tessa Fuchs Vintage British Art Studio Pottery Bowl or Dish, circa 1980s
By Tessa Fuchs
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
British art Studio Pottery by artist and sculptor Tessa Fuchs (1936-2012), produced circa 1982. Tess Fuchs was born in Chesire and studied at the Salford Technical Art School and the...
Ceramic, Clay
$1,297Sale Price|20% Off
Paul Hoff for Gustavsberg — Limited Edition Stoneware Pumpkin, 1989
By Gustavberg, Paul Hoff
Located in Bochum, NRW
A rare and beautifully crafted stoneware pumpkin by renowned Swedish designer Paul Hoff, produced by Gustavsberg in 1989. This striking piece comes from a limited edition of only 15...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$96Sale Price|67% Off
Postmodern Light Green Scalloped Ceramic Vase
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Incredible vintage postmodern ceramic vase. Features a gloss might green finish with a scalloped shape.
Ceramic
Postmodern Red Ceramic Vase by Haeger
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Haeger Red Postmodern Vase is a stunning piece that effortlessly blends art and function, capturing the essence of postmodern design with its vibrant red hue and unconventional f...
Ceramic
Postmodern Italian Pottery Planter with Flower Stand, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Italian Pottery Planter with Flower Stand, 1980s
Ceramic
Mini Green Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Green Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 15.2 x W 20.3 x H 15.2 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Available in Bronze, Green, Crystal Cream, and Charcoal colors. Our ...
Ceramic
Mini Bronze Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Bronze Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 15.2 x W 20.3 x H 15.2 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Available in Bronze, Green, Crystal Cream, and Charcoal colors. Our...
Ceramic
Mini Charcoal Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Charcoal Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 15.2 x W 20.3 x H 15.2 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Available in Bronze, Green, Crystal Cream, and Charcoal colors. O...
Ceramic
Pool Blue Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Pool Blue Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 28 x W 21.6 x H 25.4 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Available in Bronze, Green, and Pool Blue colors. Our Bubbly Planter is...
Ceramic
Bronze Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 28 x W 21.6 x H 25.4 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Available in Bronze, Green, and Pool Blue colors. Our Bubbly Planter is di...
Ceramic
Mini Crystal Cream Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mini Charcoal Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 15.2 x W 20.3 x H 15.2 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Available in Bronze, Green, Crystal Cream, and Charcoal colors. O...
Ceramic
Green Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Botryoidal Planter by Forma Rosa Studio Dimensions: D 28 x W 21.6 x H 25.4 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Available in Bronze, Green, and Pool Blue colors. Our Bubbly Planter is dig...
Ceramic
$1,373 / item
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Fin by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel, fin by TheUrbanative Dimensions: W16 x D7.5 x H28 cm Material: Wall hung ceramic with glazed fin details. Vessel comes with steel plate wall hanging bracket. ...
Ceramic
$1,373 / item
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Comb by Theurbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel (Blue) by TheUrbanative Dimensions: W 16 x D 7.5 x H 25 cm Material: Wall hung raw terracotta ceramic with a comb detail. Vessel comes with steel plate wall ha...
Ceramic
Bigger Sculptural Vase in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Bigger Sculptural Vase in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 33 x D 33 x H 55 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Bigger” takes the concept of scale to the extrem...
Ceramic
$1,373 / item
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Blue by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel, blue by TheUrbanative Dimensions: W18 x D10 x H25 cm Material: Glazed terracotta wall hing vessel. Vessel comes with steel plate wall hanging bracket. Als...
Ceramic
$1,373 / item
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Raffia by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel (Raffia) by TheUrbanative Dimensions: W18 x D7.5 x H26 cm Material: Raw terracotta wall hung vessel, with glazed belly detail and long raffia fringe. Vessel co...
Ceramic
$1,373 / item
Selamawi Wall Vessel, Dot by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi wall vessel (Dot) by TheUrbanative Dimensions: W17 x D14 x H26 cm Material: Raw terracotta wall hung vesse with glazed nodule details. Vessel comes with steel plate wall h...
Ceramic
Big Sculptural Vase in Ceramic by Liliana Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Big Sculptural Vase in Ceramic by Liliana Silva. Signed by Liliana Silva. Dimensions: W 35 x D 35 x H 39 cm. Materials: Ceramic. “Big” is an imposing presence in my collection, a ce...
Ceramic
Bottega Vignoli Large Majolica/Ceramic Vase, Signed, Dated
By Bottega Vignoli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bottega Vignoli is brand created in Italy in the 1970's and makes unique and limited editions of Byzantine, Roman design ceramics, Majolica, located in Faenza.
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture Deconstructed Vase by Steven Young Lee
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bespoken ceramic sculpture made by American Korean artist Steven Young Lee (1975-) circa 2010s. Inspired by the antique blue and white porcelain jar from Joseon Dynasty, the piece ...
Ceramic
Ceramic vase Memphis, “AVVENIRISTA” by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, Milan, 1990’s
Located in Milan, IT
Memphis Milano painted ceramic vase by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, “AVVENIRISTA” in yellow. Florio was a key member of the Memphis group when he created his series of unique handmade...
Ceramic
Funky 90's Ceramic Set, Vase and Tidy from Vallauris, France
By Vallauris
Located in NICE, FR
Very groovy ceramic set, Vase and Tidy with black glazed. Typical decor from the French Vallauris 90's style. Pop and decorative. vase-like sculpture features a narrow opening with ...
Ceramic
Rosenthal studio linie flash one vase ceramic , 1980s Memphis
By Rosenthal
Located in Delft, NL
Rosenthal studio linie flash one vase ceramic , 1980s Memphis
Ceramic
Blue Lacquered Ceramic Vase by Lavenia Ascribable to Guido Andlovitz, Italy
By Lavenia, Guido Andloviz
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This dark blue lacquered ceramic vase ascribable to Guido Andlovitz, produced by Lavenia, Italy, 1970s. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it c...
Ceramic
Postmodern Vintage Black Red and Orange Ceramic Vase
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing vintage glass vase. Displays a back a red glass exterior with an orange interior.
Glass
Italian White & Beige Glazed Ceramic 1970s-80s Cache Pot & Vase by Bucci
By Franco Bucci
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of vase and cache pot in glazed ceramic manufactured in Italy between the '70s and the 80s by the artisanal ceramic work Bucci. Brand new condition. Measures: Vase cm 19 H x 23...
Ceramic
Naive Ceramic Mermaid Sculpture / Vase by Rein Follestad, Norway, 1990s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Naive and kitsch ceramic mermaid sculpture / vase made by Norwegian artist Rein Follestad.
Ceramic
Natalie Du Pasquier Vase Bitossi Ceramic Date & Numbered 2004 ED.133/299
By Bitossi, Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in San Diego, CA
Vase by Bitossi Ceramiche with elements in white clay casting. Original and elegant, it was conceived by the famous French designer and painter Natalie Du Pasquier. It is finished in...
Ceramic
Italian Decorative White / Ivory Ceramic 1970/80s Vases by La Bottega, Set of 2
By Il Punto la Bottega
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Italian artisanal vases in glazed earthware with a relief decoration. Name of the manufacturer imprinted under the base: "La bottega". Excellent vintage condition. Measurement: S...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Brun Foncé Vase in Deep Brown Glazed Ceramic by Gazar Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Brun Foncé Vase in Deep Brown Glazed Ceramic by Gazar Studio Unique Piece Dimensions: Ø 22 x H 44 cm. Materials: Clay with deep brown glaze. Dimensions may vary. Please contact us....
Clay
"Raku Vase with Fireworks, " colorful unique vase design lovers
By Marty Marcus
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Raku Vase with Fireworks" is an original ceramic vase by Marty Marcus. The artist signed the piece on the bottom. It features brightly colored abstract patterns on an earth-toned ba...
Ceramic
$1,540 / item
Seth Vase by Studiopepe
Located in Geneve, CH
Seth vase by Studiopepe Dimensions: W 12 x D 12 x H 45 cm Materials: Ceramic. Multifaceted design agency Studiopepe was founded in Milan in 2006. Eclectic, voguish, it is the b...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Gres Ceramic Vase and Bowl by Hiao Chin for Atelier Franco Pozzi, 1970s
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Painted ceramics (vase and centerpiece) by Hiao Chin for Atelier/Gresline Franco Pozzi. Produced between the 70s and the 80s. Very good condition. signatures of the Manufacture und...
Ceramic
$333 / item
Helice Vase Zylinder by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
Helice vase zylinder by Studio Cúze Dimensions: W 17.5 x H 18 cm Materials: ceramic This cylindrical vase is a masterpiece of pottery art. Yasuhiro Cúze has specially potted thi...
Ceramic
$1,219 / item
White Pink Vase by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
White pink vase by Studio Cúze Dimensions: W 28 x H 36 cm Materials: ceramic The white pink vase was handmade by Yasuhiro Cúze in Berlin. Each piece is unique. Studio Cúze ...
Ceramic
$2,439 / item
Cohiki Chili Vase by Studio Cúze
Located in Geneve, CH
Cohiki Chili Vase by Studio Cúze Dimensions: D 27 x W 30 x H 39.5 cm Materials: Clay, white engobe, craquelé glaze. Each piece is unique. Size, color, and shape may vary. Studio Cú...
Ceramic
$4,014 / item
Large Le Sud Vase by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Le Sud Vase by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 30 x H 55 cm Materials: Ceramic. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment cap...
Ceramic
$2,929 / item
Medium Le Sud Vase by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Le Sud vase by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: D 30 x H 40 cm Materials: Ceramic. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment ca...
Ceramic
$2,929 / item
Medium Le Sud Vase by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Le Sud vase by Olivia Cognet Materials: Ceramic. Dimensions: H 30-40 cm Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment cap...
Ceramic
$2,474 / item
Small Le Sud Vase by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Le Sud vase by Olivia Cognet Materials: Ceramic. Dimensions: H 30-25 cm Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment capt...
Ceramic
$4,014 / item
Large Le Sud Vase by Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Le Sud vase by Olivia Cognet Materials: Ceramic Dimensions: H 55 cm Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a precious moment captured...
Ceramic
$96Sale Price|75% Off
Italian Postmodern Cream With Colored Streak Vase
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Wonderful vintage postmodern ceramic vase made in Italy. Features a cream glossy finish with purple, blue pink streaking around the surface.
Ceramic
$135Sale Price|65% Off
Postmodern Circular Cream Vase by Haeger
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Introducing the Postmodern Circular Cream Vase by Haeger, an elegant piece that doubles as both a functional vase and a standalone sculpture. Its balanced, circular design and cream ...
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.