Known for his innovative use of crystalline glazes on his ceramics and decorative vases, ceramicist Milan Pekar works in an enigmatic, experimental style that results in artistic, modern and practical furniture and objects.
Born in 1980 in Prague, Pekar studied ceramics and porcelain at the city’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (AAAD) and earned his MFA in 2006. He also studied at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland in 2005. Since 2011, Pekar has worked as an assistant professor in the studio of ceramics and porcelain at AAAD.
In 2009, Pekar established his studio — Milan Pekar Studio — in Prague. For the past several years, his work has focused primarily on the development of specialized crystalline glazes in which crystals grow in constellations and clusters on ceramic surfaces. Although the process is not new, Pekar’s forward-looking design sensibility and use of unique color combinations in his porcelain urns, candle holders and other decorative objects truly distinguishes his work in the very crowded field of ceramics.
In addition to his vases, Pekar creates ceramic furniture “shaped from soft extruded profiles.” Described as a cross between sculpture and furniture, Pekar’s collection includes his quirky ceramic floor lamps and table lamps and tube-like stools which can double as side tables. Pekar has also collaborated with several designers to create his cabinets and dry bars. These pieces include the exotic wood and ceramic mosaic Gradient cabinet, which he designed with cabinet maker Jakub Vávra, and the multicolored Cabinet of Curiosities, which was created with Vávra and painter Lucie Jindrák Skrivánkova.
Pekar’s works have been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums throughout Europe and Asia. His pieces are also included in public collections at the Museum of Decorative Arts, the Grassi Museum and the Museum of Decorative Arts.
On 1stDibs, find a range of Milan Pekar decorative objects, seating and tables.
$264 / item
Volume 1 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 1 vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D11 x H15 cm Materials: Glaze, porcelain Handmade in the Czech Republic. Also available: Different colors and patterns Established own st...
Porcelain
$3,784 / item
Volume 5 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 5 vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D 32 x H 48 cm Materials: Glaze, Porcelain Hand-made in the Czech Republic. Also available: different colors and patterns Establi...
Porcelain
$481 / item
Cup Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Cup vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D x H23 cm Materials: Matt barium blue glaze with nickel oxide, porcelain Hand-made in the Czech Republic. Also available: different colo...
Porcelain
$517 / item
Volume 2 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 2 vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: d 15 x h 24 cm Materials: Glaze, Porcelain handmade in the Czech Republic. Also available: different colors and patterns Establis...
Porcelain
Large Woven Stoneware Flower Vase by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Woven Stoneware Flower Vase by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková One of a Kind Dimensions: D 54 x W 42 x H 45 cm Materials: Stoneware, coloured engobe, transparent glaze. Woven M...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Tall Woven Stoneware Flower Vase by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Woven Stoneware Flower Vase by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková One of a Kind Dimensions: D 34 x W 33 x H 66 cm Materials: Stoneware, engobe, transparent glaze. Woven Milan Pekař...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Woven High Fired Stoneware Flower Vase by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Woven High-Fired Stoneware Flower Vase by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková One of a Kind Dimensions: D 25 x W 25 x H 33 cm Materials: Stoneware, coloured engobe, transparent glaze. Wo...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Woven Stoneware Flower Vase by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Woven Stoneware Flower Vase by Milan Pekař and Tereza Sluková One of a Kind Dimensions: D 26 x W 26 x H 38 cm Materials: Stoneware, engobe, transparent glaze. Woven Milan Pekař, Ter...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$421 / item
Medium Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D12 x H22 cm Materials: Glaze, porcelain Handmade in the Czech Republic. Also available: Different colors a...
Porcelain
$264 / item
Volume 1 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 1 vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D11 x H15 cm Materials: Glaze, porcelain Handmade in the Czech Republic. Also available: Different colors and patterns Established own studio August 2009 – Focus mainly on porcelain, developing own glazes. Mould makings, and Slip casting. Milan Pekar is an award-winning product designer. Assistant professor at Studio of Ceramics and Porcelain...
Porcelain
$264 / item
Small Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Small vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D10 x H22 cm Materials: Glaze, porcelain Hand-made in the Czech Republic. Also available: different colors and patterns Established own studio August 2009 – Focus mainly on porcelain, developing own glazes. Mould makings, and Slip casting. Milan Pekar is an award-winning product designer. Assistant professor at Studio of Ceramics and Porcelain...
Porcelain
$2,285 / item
Volume 4 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 4 vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D 19 x H 52 cm Materials: Glaze, Porcelain Hand-made in the Czech Republic. Also Available: different colors ...
Porcelain
$5,239 / item
Black and White Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Black and white vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D 35 x H 85 cm Materials: Glaze, porcelain Handmade in the Czech Republic. Also availabl...
Porcelain
$4,948 / item
Vase in Louis XVI Style by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Vase in Louis XVI style by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D x H 98 cm Materials: Red porcelain slip, crystal glaze, stoneware Hand-made in the Czech Republic. Established own studi...
Ceramic
$198 / item
Trumpet Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Trumpet vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: d x h 10 cm Materials: Matt Barium Blue Glaze with Nickel Oxide, Porcelain handmade in the Czech Republic. Also Available: different ...
Porcelain
$1,984 / item
Volume 3 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 3 vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D 27 x H 27 cm Materials: Glaze, Porcelain Hand-made in the Czech Republic. Also available: different colors and patterns Establi...
Porcelain
$589 / item
Tall Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall vase by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D11 x H36 cm Materials: Glaze, porcelain Handmade in the Czech Republic. Also available: different colors and patterns Established ow...
Porcelain
$4,234 / item
Vase on Table by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Vase on table by Milan Pekar Dimensions: 33 x 42 x 74 cm Materials: Glaze, clay handmade in the Czech Republic Established own studio August 2009 – Focus mainly on porcelain, developing own glazes. Mould makings, and Slip casting. Milan Pekar is an award-winning product designer. Assistant professor at Studio of Ceramics and Porcelain...
Clay
$1,362 / set
Set of 3 Element Vases, Short by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
A set of 3 element vases - Short by Milan Pekar Dimensions: D16 x H21 cm Materials: Glaze, porcelain Hand crafted in the Czech Republic. Also available: Different colors and...
Porcelain
$1,410
H 14.57 in Dm 7.09 in
Antique Silver Vase, European Art Deco Decorative Cup, Floral Pendant Vase
Located in Wembley, GB
Large Art Deco antique silver plated vase or decorative cup pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved floral belt tested with the scratch test, height approx. 37 cm, diameter 18 cm,...
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
$2,886
H 10.24 in W 4.14 in D 4.14 in
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Silver Urn Vase Milan by Emanuele Caber
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very decorative neoclassical silver urn stamped by the Italian silversmith Emanuele Caber, dating from around 1825. It has the Milan warranty stamp, and stamp of the silver finenes...
Silver
$1,443
H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 6.7 in
Abstract White Stoneware Ceramic Vase or Sculpture by Hervé Rousseau La Borne
By Hervé Rousseau
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Hervé Rousseau Abstract white stoneware ceramic vase by the French artist. Original brutal form with white ceramic glaze. Signed at the base Measures: Height 30cm, large ...
Ceramic
$500
H 11.75 in W 8 in D 7 in
Large Majolica Ceramic Bust Planter or Vase of a Woman with Flowers, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large colorful polychrome hand-made ceramic Italian Moorish bust vase or planter of a woman with a flower turban crown. Handmade and glazed in brilliant reds, greens, and yellows, this sculpture depicts the head of a lady wearing a glazed red crown topped with bright red bulbs. She wears circular yellow earrings, red lipstick, and a red necklace...
Ceramic, Paint
Shiva Flower Vase by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, BD Barcelona Design
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Shiva flower vase by Ettore Sottsass was designed in 1973 following the inspiration garnered from his love for Catalan women w...
Ceramic
Milan Pekař Crystalline Porcelain Vase Volume I, Turqoise
Located in PRAHA 1, CZ
Discover the Crystalline collection by Czech ceramicist Milan Pekař — a series of vessels where science and artistry meet in perfect balance. Through precise and painstaking experime...
Porcelain
Milan Pekař Crystalline Porcelain Vase Volume III, Yellow-Blue
Located in PRAHA 1, CZ
Discover the Crystalline collection by Czech ceramicist Milan Pekař — a series of vessels where science and artistry meet in perfect balance. Through precise and painstaking experime...
Porcelain
Milan Pekař Crystalline Porcelain Vase Volume II, Salmon Pink
Located in PRAHA 1, CZ
Discover the Crystalline collection by Czech ceramicist Milan Pekař — a series of vessels where science and artistry meet in perfect balance. Through precise and painstaking experime...
Porcelain
$3,337
H 9.85 in W 3.94 in D 7.88 in
Antique Silver Vase, Persian Traditional Decorative Cup Achamedian Qajar Vase
Located in Wembley, GB
The title of the work and its imagery, Golo Morgh (Bird and flower), references gol o bolbol. The gol (rose) and the bolbol (a nightingale) motif – a sub-theme of the bird and flower...
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Blue Glass Vase by Alsterfors
By Alsterfors
Located in San Francisco, CA
A vase in deep cerulean blue glass with a ribbed body and flared mouth. Produced by Alsterfors of Sweden. Not marked. Great condition. No marks, scratches or chips.
Glass
$11,680 / item
H 14.57 in Dm 5.12 in
Alpha Centaury Glass Flower Vase, by Marco Zanini for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Marco Zanini, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Alpha Centaury Glass Flower Vase was designed by Marco Zanini in 1982. Signed on the base, please see below for further information. Marco Zanini was born in Trento in 1954. He ...
Glass
Sirio Glass Flower Vase, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Sirio glass vase was originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1982. Signed on the edge of the Stand: "E. Sottsass per Memphis Milano”. For further information please see authen...
Glass