Ceramic Vases and Vessels

A beautiful, signed studio porcelain white, pink, and green vase in the Art Nouveau style, circa 20th century. A beautiful white textured exterior with detailed lip/edge, and an inte...

Marked: Zsolnay Five Tower convex round stamp Material: white pottery with acid-etched, opaque eozin glaze Excellent quality. The Zsolnay Factory is a renowned Hungarian ceramic a...

Charles CATTEAU (1880-1966) Céramiste Franco-Belge Un créateur qui travailla dès 1906 pour la manufacture de KERAMIS chez Boch Frères à la Louvière, en Belgique ,et dont la productio...

Vase Jérôme Massier (1820-1909) Décor émaillé, produit avant 1900. Les lettres AM signifient Alpes Maritimes donc le vase fut produit dans son atelier de GOLFES-JUAN, et de la main de Jérôme Massier. Une belle lune lumineuse est dessinée ne pas confondre avec un éclat. Issus de la dynastie de céramistes qui remonte au delà de la révolution française...

Majestic amphora in glazed majolica, handmade and hand painted in central Italy. On the amphora are represented, in great detail, the four seasons personified by graceful women surro...

A monumental Art Nouveau Black and Gold enameled vase featuring fine floral etching design painted in an antiqued gold tone color around the body and t...

This very vintage textural and raised forms of this glazed ceramic vase is by the Hungarian artist named Zsolnay. It is a glorious combination of color of elegant sensual nude relief...

Pair of glazed ceramic flower vases by Delphin Massier, France, circa 1890.

Delphin Massier Majolica jardinière which features flowering thistles. Coloration: cream, pink, green, are predominant. The piece bears maker'...

Art Nouveau vase rose decor, 1920, France Good antique condition. Dimensions of the oval opening 1.97 in. x 2.76 in. For shipping: 14.5 x 14.5 x 28 cm...

Step into the enchanting world of Art Nouveau with this exquisite Off-White Swan Jardinière from Belgium, crafted in 1900 and stamped with the mark of Imeriale Nimy. This majestic pi...

19th Century Large Austrian Parrots & Flowers Cache Pot. Height / 12 inches. Diameter / 12 inches.

Majolica white swan jardinière Nimy, circa 1900. Stamped: Nimy Faiences imperiale 1789-1951 Belgium. A real treasure for the ceramics' collector. ...

Majolica white swan jardinière Nimy, circa 1900. A real treasure for the ceramics' collector. Small chip to top rim not visible during use see photo. Please don't hesitate to get i...

A large and impressive Art Nouveau/Jugendstil Austrian Imperial Amphora art pottery twin handled vase with tube lined bird designs dating from the early 20th century. In addition...

Model #3516 Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...

A stunning pair Austrian heliosine iridescent glazed art pottery vases by Karl Rudolf Ditmar (1818-1895). The pair of squat double gourd shaped vases are...

Amphora cat and mouse porcelain oval bowl. Decorated with acorn and oak leaves. Stamped Amphora. No damage light crazing.

Top condition and pure elegance Art Nouveau vase. For the collectors of museum quality and condition Art Nouveau ceramics. This stunning Art Nouveau vase is decorated with the mos...

An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...

1909 Two Karen Hagen Hand-Crafted Danish Art Nouveau Vases by P. Ipsens Enke The hand-crafted art nouveau vases feature art nuveau pattern with 4 handles as integrated part of the d...

Rosenthal hand painted red roses antique vase. Outstanding artwork on the roses on this large Rosenthal antique vase. Floral Vase hand-painted, numbered & signed. With this vase yo...

A fine pair of large German porcelain vases. By Rosenthal. With a bulbous body and flaring neck. Each with 4 floral sprays on a white ground with intricate gilt vine accents throu...

Art Nouveau Art Deco earthenware vase, made in Belgium. 1930s Model F-42 Art Nouveau ceramic vase in excellent condition (no crack, no repair to the ceramic). There are 4 pieces Ava...

A Modern Moorcroft Meknes Pattern 576/9 Vase, designed by Beverley Wilkes, impressed and painted factory marks, numbered 66/350, underglaze and gold pen. Lovely Moorcroft Arabic ‘Mek...

Longwy, Maurice Paul Chevallier for Faiences de Longwy Decorated with flowers leaves and birds. Great enameled important large vase, with the artist signature and maker stamp. Marked...

Royal Copenhagen, Art Nouveau porcelain vase decorated with a flower and dragonfly motif. Dating: circa 1920. Perfect condition. Marked. First factory quality. Dimensions: H 17.0 cm ...

This stunning vase from, Ohio, around 1901, a Rookwood Pottery Arts and Crafts vase in matte very moss blue-green hue. Matte glazed and incised, designated as form number 935E, was c...

The son of Edmond Lachenal, Raoul Lachenal worked in his father's studio until 1911, when he established a new workshop at Boulogne-sur-Seine. While some of Raoul Lachenal's Art Nouv...

Møller & Bøgely, Denmark. Danish Art Nouveau ceramic vase in the style of Bindesbøll. Glaze in blue and green tones. Approximately 1918. Marked. Perfect condition. Dimensions: Heig...

Art Nouveau Porcelian Vase stamped Richelieu Hand-Painted The Pictures missing to show the beauty of this Vase. The piece is in excellent condition and a real beauty! A real treasu...

Great pair of Art Nouveau dragon vases by August Otto for Johann Maresch. Depicting a dragon circling the vase. Austria, late 19th century. With signature and impressed mark JM / 166...

Hand-crafted Danish Art Nouveau parrot decorated vase by West in 1927 for P. Ipsens Enke The art nouveau vase feature very well made lively parrot with branches and leafs is in very...

Monumental Art Nouveau period ceramic vase by the Austrian firm of Gerbing and Stephan, circa 1890s, measuring 32.5 inches and depicting exotic bir...

Art Nouveau style vase in gold porcelain with flowing swirled shape wrapping around to bulb base and up to flared top. Circa 1910

AN ORIVIT GILT BRONZE MOUNTED GLAZED CERAMIC VASE Germany, founded 1894 Stamped ORIVIT 2581 The company was founded in 1894 as "Rheinische Broncegieserei fur Kleinplastiken"​ in Koln...

A contemporary Moorcroft Green Iris pattern slender tapering cylindrical vase, 2013 Centennial Relaunch of William Moorcroft's 1913 design. From the Legacy collection. Dated 2013, nu...

A Moorcroft Pottery Phoenix pattern vase, designed by Rachel Bishop, circa 1997, of squat form with slender neck, painted and impressed factory marks, and gilt inscribed signature to...

Moorcroft Pottery 'Blue Heaven' vase, TRIAL VASE, dated 04.11.09 This beautiful vase is decorated with the Blue Heaven design by Nicola Slaney. Blue Heaven is an Art Nouveau-inspired...

Sgraffito vase decorated with a floral motif, by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg. Sgraffito is a way of combinding two layers into a pattern, the second layer is scrapt of and left is a...

A pair of 19th Century Swedish Liberty Style Vases. Rörstrand porcelain factory in Sweden began producing in the 18th Century. This pair of Scandina...

One of the most influential french ceramists, Edmond Lachenal contributed significantly to the development of Art Nouveau. His poor beginnings in Paris led to an apprenticeship at ag...

This vase was made by the renowned Weller Pottery factory of the United States in approximately 1910 in the period Art Nouveau style. The vase is done with a high irridescent cobalt ...

Antique French bronze jardiniere with blue glazed ceramic insert with the prominent face of a lovely female on each side. In very good condition. Apparently unsigned.

The virtuosic blending of color and texture shows how inventive decoration can triumph over nondescript form. Brightly colored drips of slurry clay cascade like melted wax down the t...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1909, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 25 cm (10") high and in excellent conditio...

A pretty 19th century Majolica cache pot, decorated in shades of green and brown, and featuring the vivid colouration, whimsical shapes and high-relief sculpture typical of the style...

Amphora Austria "Campina" Owl Pottery Vase circa 1910 An Austrian Pottery vase adorned with an owl-inspired design motif stands out for its intri...

Alexandre Bigot French Vintage Art Nouveau Pottery Brown And Gray Ceramic Vase Rare and stunning Alexandre Bigot French art nouveau vase with a stunning flowing iridescent luster gla...

Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which in...

Attributed to Lucien Levy Dhurmer for Clement Massier. An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which in...

Brilliant handmade hand glazed Art Nouveau planter jardinière, 1930s Wonderful Art Nouveau period/ monumental ceramic planter jardinière, handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant blue ...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1915, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 28 cm (11.2") high and in excellent condit...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1920, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 23.5 cm (9.4") high and in excellent condi...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1918, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 30.5 cm (12.2") high and in excellent cond...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1920, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 28 cm (11.2") high and in excellent condit...

An art nouveau vase in ceramics designed by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg in 1919, this vase is from the classic Sgrafitto-serie. The vase is 27.5 cm (11") high and in excellent condit...

BOHEMIAN FLUX: A VASE, kuk Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe, Turn-Teplitz, c. 1905; the ceramic vase with a dark underglaze ground has a matte orange peel overglaze in ochre, apricot, lapis and celadon; the shape of the vase resembles a Japanese Saki bottle with the addition of four long and slender handles at the top third; incised before firing on the base in script lettering,“P.W.”, stamped before firing with the Fachschule mark and 73, and marked “G2.” in black ink; the vase measures: 13” high. Flux- continuous moving, a glazing method, fusion- the artist who produced this remarkable vase has presented a profoundly poetic and technical meditation on this subject. Moving way beyond the pursuit of creating only functional objects, the student ceramists at Fachschule Teplitz had ingrained in them the Europeans’ fascination for Japanese objects “from the floating world” and the design aesthetic known as Japonisme. Truly modern interpretations of Japonisme had begun to evolve into an internalizing of the aesthetic principles and a shift away from imitation of Japanese style applied to a Western format. This vase is noteworthy in that it illustrates this important Modernist shift in European ceramics. The elements of the saki bottle can be divided into three key components which taken as a whole create a rather feminine line. In keeping with this approach, the Fachschule student presents a slender bare neck, like décolletage, which flares ever slightly and then narrows to a high waist before voluptuously widening down and terminating gracefully to a round base. The ceramist gives special emphasis to pleasing proportions and the complementary relationship to the number 3; the measurement at the widest section of the vase equals the same distance from that point up to where the bottoms of the handles join to the body of the vase as well as the full arms’ length. Instead of inscribing the vase with Japanese calligraphy denoting a saki shop, the student takes a radically modern approach by attaching the vase with four handles. And yet, this act is every bit a form of written identification. The arms are the embodiment of the idea of flux in that they are a substance applied to a surface by the welding together to promote their union. The handles serve a new and surprising function. They are carriers of a concept. Fluidity- flux -can be created when an artist joins disparate elements into a harmonious whole. Flux is also a substance used to promote the fusion of minerals and metals and a term describing ceramic glazing. The presence of silica in glazes creates a glassy finish when fired at high temperatures. Matte glazes result from the presence of crystals under the surface and the balance between silica, flux and alumina in the glaze materials. By deliberately under-firing this vase and playing with a combination of additives forming the flux glaze, the end result appears matte and textured. The orange peel quality and alluring color palette are transformative. The effect evokes a waterfall or another continuous moving flow of water like a stream - in flux. So not only does this artist take a Meiji Period saki bottle and the aesthetic tenets of Japonisme as the formal and theoretical points of departure, the artist infuses the work with the symbolism of skill itself where artistic mastery as the embodiment of flux becomes the subject to ponder. As a fully realized and beautifully rendered piece, the vase attests to the artistic prowess of its creator. No longer a mere student working in the shadows of the teacher and no longer simply imitating or replicating past styles, this emerging artist shows the complete fluid transfer from student to master ceramist. Seen in this light, the vase represents a significant and pivotal achievement in Modern European ceramic ware. Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe (the Imperial School for Ceramics and Associated Applied Arts, 1875-1917) was a powerhouse of the ceramics industry. Located in the Turn-Teplitz region of Bohemia near the German border of what is today The Czech Republic, this was Europe’s largest pottery center in the first part of the 20th century. The school played an integral role in the center’s internationally regarded success as it provided the foundation of sourcing and training new talent for noted local manufacturers such as Amphora. It was at the Fachschule that master artists from these local ceramics houses enjoyed teaching and lecturing posts, and in true synergistic spirit, the big ceramics...