Vases and Vessels

Porcelain footed vases designed by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori, series "Quattro Stagione" each depicting one of the four seasons, These are the reissues from the 1980s.

A gorgeous Italian glass bowl by Lino Tagliapietra for Effetre International, Murano, 1986. The bowl still has an Effetre International label on it. It is also graven at the bottom with Lino Tagliapietra, Effetre International and 1987 the year of creation. Clear glass with a black or sepia colored thin net like pattern called 'zanfirico' (Italian): A type of polychrome cane made by assembling a bundle of rods of different colors, and heating it until it is soft. The bundle is then attached to two pontils and elongated by drawing. At the same time, the bundle is twisted to produce a spiral pattern. Zanfirico, which is a synonym for vetro a retorti, takes its name from the Venetian dealer Antonio Sanquirico, who, in the 1830s, encouraged the revival on Murano of this and other traditional techniques. About Lino Tagliapietra: Master glassblower Lino Tagliapietra is one of the world’s most prominent glass artists. Trained in traditional Venetian techniques, Tagliapietra is a key influence on the American studio glass movement. In 1955, at the age of 21, Tagliapietra received the title of maestro. He established himself with vividly colored sculptures...

Fulvio Bianconi is one of the most prolifdic post-war artists to work in collaboration with the Venini glassware company, a giant of 20th century glassmaking. His works are featured...

A wonderful and quite engaging wood-fired ceramic pottery vase by Japanese-American master potter Masuo Ojima. The texture and color shifts from silver greys to blues, coppers, and g...

A magnificent collaboration between renowned glassmakers Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé and François-Eugène Rousseau, this exquisite pot-pourri urn is a testament to the Japonism period st...

19th century Palissy footed wood box jardiniere School of Paris. A large spotted fish on the front of the jardiniere surrounded by leaves and white dai...

Black Forest Pair of Jardinière’s hand carved in Switzerland during the late 1800s. The Jardinière’s are complete with their original metal liners and are ready to be planted. Black Forest Furniture first began to appear in the mid-1800s in Brienz, Switzerland and originally only included small Black Forest animal objects made for the tourist trade. In the late 1800s, as tourism traffic increased, so did the number and Size of Black Forest Carvings and soon thereafter was followed by Black Forest Furniture. As luck would have it, Old Plank has recently discovered a treasure Trove of Black Forest Carved...

A fine unique hand painted studio glass vessel by Richard Meitner made in 1983. A clear vessel, freely blown and hand shaped, flattened and decorated with a soft crackled iridescence...

A very beautiful pair of antique emerald green Bohemian glass and crystal lusters, with hand-painted design, Victoria period, circa late-19th century, 1880s, Europe, Czechoslovakia. ...

"Galattici" Vase Mario Ticco, Veart Italy, 1983 Murano Art Glass Perfect condiction Signed "VeArt Venezia 25/99" on the back

In the "transitional" style.

Charming 19th century small majolica vase with white dog who look on a bucket signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy le Roi. At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most ...

Hand turned and hand carved "flame" wood vase. Vase measures 8" by 4.25" signed Ivy, Cocobolo. Reminiscent of works by William Hunter. In very good vintage condition.

Glass By Gallé by Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha. Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 1984. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. An important reference work, written by Gallé and Ar...

This Bohemian crystal glass vase was crafted in the late 19th century by Fredrich Egermann manufactory. This splendid glass vase has been finely engraved with the grindstone to depic...

19th Century French Majolica Hanging Jardiniere Total height with the chain / 28 inches. Height of the ceramic / 9 inches. Diameter / 11 inches.

A lovely Smoking Set of Wedgwood Jasperware Pale Blue two pieces, comprising a round lidded box, and an ashtray. Made by Wedgwood in England in 1980s, marked/stamped on base. Dimensi...

French glazed ceramic stylised bird vase by Dominique Pouchain (circa 1980s). Quirky and original, these ceramic birds are by the son of Jacques Pouchain, well-known French ceramicis...

Stunning pair of large English stone garden urns of amphora form Stand on the square pedestal bases Overall height is eight feet tall - 243 CM - so good size The urns come in three ...

Apprentice trained, Jean Claude Novaro began his glass blowing career in his teens and continued to work to push the bar for glass blowing throughout his career. The French artist wh...

Large French Majolica pink and yellow flowers vase signed Fives Lille, circa 1880. On the top diameter 4.7", on the base 8".

A Very Large 19th Century Japanese Imari Porcelain Vase with Scalloped Top. The body of the vase is complete with two main cartouches and two smaller cartouches which flank the vase...

A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Armada jug and stand; part of our wine and drinks related silverware collection This magnificent antique Victorian English sterling silver Armada jug has an elongated pear-shaped form onto a circular pedestal foot. The stand has an octofoil shaped form with a central swept raised circular well. The cylindrical neck of the silver jug is embellished with exceptional cast and applied floral and scrolling foliate decoration, all on a matte background; there is an exceptional shield shaped vacant cartouche to the underside of the pouring lip, surmounted with scrolling leaf mantling. The knopped neck is further ornamented with an interlacing border flanked with plain bands, to a swept portion encircled with pensile bud designs. The decoration to the body incorporates two large scrolling leaf bordered vacant cartouches, each surmounted with a coronet design embellished with floral ornamentation. Each cartouche is further embellished with a chased figural mask design to the nadir, flanked with large floral motifs. Either side of each cartouche is embellished with an exceptional cast and applied three-dimensional winged mermaid and mermen, gesturing towards the aforementioned coronet. The decoration to the body is further embellished with large scrolling leaf and floral sprays incorporating a cast and applied protruding leopard's head to the anterior portion. This magnificent antique silver Armada jug retains the original hinged cover, ornamented with chased scrolling lead decoration and surmounted with an impressive cast and applied scrolling loop finial. This exceptional antique Victorian silver jug...

Refined artistic glass vase, Italy, production 1980s Murano. Not signed. High quality artistic craftsmanship hand-blown glass. Particular Tiger's Eye Color. Perfect conditions!

Japanese Emperor Shōwa Period, Fine Ceramic Red Vase, Signed, Ca. 1980 Emperor Shōwa Period - from 1926 to 1990 ABOUT In the classic Japanese shape, this exquisite vase has a dram...

Vase by iconic glass manufacturer Venini in Murano, Italy outside of Venice. This hand-blown piece features the famous “fazzoletto” or handkerchief design. The layered glass showcase...

Sculptural Organic Modern vase has minimal cylindrical shape with free-flowing, abstract geometrical pattern of fused glass taking center stage in the design. Light green glass gather with brick red and light blue glass inclusions is encased in layer of clear glass in sommerso technique, adding depth and definition to the colors. The vase is signed and dated by the artist on the bottom. Kurt Carlson is an established glass artist with over 30 years of experience. He's working out of Middlesex, NY, where he and Lynda Pownall-Carlson run Carlson Glassworks...

Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Venini Murano in 1981. Original Venini Murano label...

A stoneware vessel with glazed and banded stripes design by British studio ceramist John Ward (1938-2023) circa 1986. The vessel takes its simple but distinct form between a deep bow...

Refined polychrome porcelain jar Japanese 1980s. Beautiful hand painted decoration. Ideal for decorating an Asian Style home. Brand at the base.

This is a flower vase from Japan. It is made with porcelain and the design is a landscape. This flower vase was made around 1980s. Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.5 x H8.5 cm

19th Century Majolica Palissy Jardiniere signed Thomas Sergent. Decorated with a frog, a fish, a lizard, shells and plants.

French Majolica vase with fishs and shells, circa 1880. Bamboo handles.   

Antique Meiji period Japanese porcelain temple jar with intricate hand painted decoration and gilt. The jar in Classic Kutani colors with floral and phoenix birds all over the top an...

Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers. Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase. Professor Monica Grandi, Italian ceramicist. Uni...

A large vintage postmodern ceramic planter. Unique organic abstract shape. Glossy pale blush finish to the ceramic.

Pair of Gold Fleck Costantini Murano glass vases encased in a profusion of applied filament glass. They are signed Costantini Murano on t...

Introduce a touch of vintage elegance with our Oversize Murano Green Vase from the 1980s. Handmade in Italy, this unique piece captivates with its distinct color and shape, showcasin...

Round Venini vase Murano glass 1985 multi-color Italian design.

Aluminium and brass brutalist style vase with handles by Alfonso Marquez (in the style of David Marshall). Very weighty and wonderfully tactile, this p...

This large hand blown vase /urn features a pale iridescent celadon green glass with a scavo finish.It features a scrolled arm design. This is a stunning piece that will make a great ...

Antique Baccarat “Double Carp” molded crystal vase mounted on a gilded bronze base.

Unique bottle-form case by Bruno Gambone. Large-scale, stoneware bottle-form sculpture/vase with incised line decoration to front and back. Off-white m...

An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and sp...

This Victorian Majolica stork vase is signed Joseph Holdcroft, inspired by Minton Joseph Holdcroft offer here a different version more rustic. It's...

Modern Porcelain vase with blue decor designed by the danish ceramist Ivan Weiss and manufactured by Royal Copenhagen during the 1980s. Fully signed, numbered and marked to the base....

Our important parcel-gilt and patinated silver and glass-mounted vase and matching oil lamp were designed by Paul Legrand (1840-1910) and crafted by the silversmith, Charles Glachant, for Boucheron of Paris, circa 1878-1880. 21 in tall and 16.5 in wide (53.4 by 41.9 cm). 28.56 lbs, 457 oz, 14,210 g. Provenance: presented to or purchased by Jean-Baptiste Pezon (1827-1897); acquired by a European private collector, perhaps on the death of Jean-Baptiste Pezon in 1897, by descent; acquired by YM Antiques, 2017. This double walled vase has an amphora form, with body and foot with silver, gilt and patinated and stylized flowers, anthemions and sprays of cherries against an etched and matted ground pierced to reveal a gilt inner wall. The upper body is detachable via a slip-lock, and mounted on both sides with arched panels formed of hexagonal beveled glass tiles. One glass panel applied with bacchic infants taunting a rearing goat and the other side with infants feeding grapes to a lioness under a looming bust of a satyr. The patinated and gilt upswung loop bifurcated handles are mounted with fully modeled figures of Pan bearing a syrinx and thyrsus and a draped maenad playing two flutes, both above roaring lion heads, the rim inset with a slip-lock detachable gilt bowl etched with masks of various representations of Bacchus spaced by ribbons and trophies and with scrolling fruiting vines. The base of interior with detachable base metal drip pan to accommodate the removable oil lamp designed to illuminate the glass tiles from within. The lamp is raised on four hoof feet, the upturned ends cast underneath with masks and with detachable cover mounted with two infant satyrs and flanked by gilt loop handles. The bacchic themed design featuring cartouches depicting infants taunting a goat and lion, plus prominent lion masks at the handles, certainly appealed to Boucheron's customer, Jean-Baptiste Pezon (1827-1897), who is believed to have commissioned the piece. Pezon was the celebrated lion tamer and headliner of the Grande Menagerie whose profession brought him great fame and fortune in Paris. Born a shepherd boy in Lozere, he is said to have left his home at the age of seventeen in the company of a wolf he had captured and trained years earlier. He headed to Paris and by the age of twenty-one purchased his first lion who he named Brutus. The animal is said to have inspired the Lion of Belfort, the monumental red standstone sculpture by Frederic Bartholdi erected in Belfort in 1880. Toulouse-Lautrec was among his admirers and friends, visiting Pezon's Great Lozerian Menagerie to sketch animals. A large bronze sculpture of Pezon atop a female lion adorns the Pezon family tomb in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, as seen in our image here. The vase and detachable bowl are marked on the underside with the silversmith's mark of Charles Glachant. The underside and upper rim of the lower body is engraved "Fic Boucheron Paris". The lamp is marked on underside and flange of cover for Glachant. Boucheron archives indicate the vase was inspired by the amphora vases created by the Greek potter, Nikosthenes, 550-510 BC. The Nikosthenic amphora vases are a form of Attic vase recognized for their angular amphora form with broad flat handles. Potted of bright orange-red clay, they were decorated with plant and animal motifs within distinct friezes, with the most significant defining feature being the black figure painting, often highlighted with white accents. In this vase Legrand re-imagines the striking contrast of the black figures against a warm ground through the use of patina and gilding. His inventive use of piercing and double-wall construction create additional levels of texture and depth throughout the body. The same combination of ornamentation was employed in a ewer designed by Legrand in 1880 in the Islamic taste. (See lot 77 of Christie's sale in New York on October 22, 2009.) Edmé Bouchardon (1698-1762), royal sculptor to Louis XV, may have provided Legrand with inspiration for the vase's iconography. The panel featuring bacchic infants taunting a rearing goat is very similar to a bas relief representation of Winter designed by Bouchardon for the Fontaine des Quarte-Saisons on rue de Grenelle, Paris. Bouchardon debuted his plaster model for the bas relief in 1741, and the fountain was completed in 1745. The Boucheron firm, founded by the celebrated jeweler, Frédéric Boucheron...

Beautiful pair of Louis XVI-inspired baluster-shaped serpentine cassolettes, with an elegant chiseled and gilded bronze mount. The lid, resting on an openwork gilded bronze frieze, i...

Artglass Bowl Sjogras by Goran Stroemgren for Art Glassworks Urshult Sweden A rare 'Sjogras' (seegras) art glass bowl in Graal technique designed by Goran Stromgren for Konstglashyt...

Enhance your space with this Chinese blue and white porcelain fish bowl vase, featuring traditional motifs and timeless craftsmanship. We sell items ...

Italian Este Ceramiche faux bamboo watering can. Bone colored ceramic with simulated bamboo handle and trim in a green/brown color way. Brand stamp on the underside. This piece is ...

Elegant pair of aquamarine glass goblets with dolphin and swan in 24-carat gold leaf. The objects made of Murano glass are all handmade by our famous Murano artisans, making our wo...

1980s Gorgeous vase in glass by Sottsass Associati for Egizia . This vase is in very good condition. Made in Italy. Signed at the bottom Dimension: diameter 4,72 x 11,61 height inche...

Decor of double lucky signs and lotus ribbons in underglaze blue, height including lid approx. 24 cm.  

An unusual antique Baccarat crystal and Dore bronze-mounted oval shaped centrepiece, the removable oval shaped crystal bowl, beautifully hand-cut and engraved with floral and vine de...

Made in Italy, 1980s. This is a Murano glass. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in perfect original condition and read...

Rare and large Palissy Majolica vase, France, circa 1880. Made on a circular base, the baluster vase with a marbled brown bottom rests. The neck and foot feature motifs inspired by ...

A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of air. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water, i...