1990s Vases and Vessels

Majestic majolica Amphora vase, with a height of 183 cm (72 in) and a diameter of 52 cm (20,5 in): a unique piece, entirely handmade and hand-painted in Gubbio, Central Italy, in 1995. Its surface is decorated with a splendid and detailed reproduction of the famous "The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt", painted by Peter Paul Ruben's (1615). The body of the vase shows remarkable technical capabilities, given its size and complexity. The amphora is divided into three parts: the base, the central body and the neck. The rarity of majolica artworks of this size lies in the technical difficulty of managing the entire creation process given the large size, both for the making of the terracotta artifact and the subsequent decorating phase. During the first firing of the clay biscuit the risk of breakage is very high and also during the second firing of the color majolica hides many pitfalls, this explains the rarity of artworks of this size, the difficulty of the decorations and consequently their value. Description of the reproduction painted : Peter Paul Rubens created the canvas oil painting entitled The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt between 1615–16. The hunt takes place on the banks of the Nile, as indicated by a palm tree in the background. As hippopotami and crocodiles were considered dangerous nuisances, their destruction was a duty performed by noblemen. The hunting party comprises three men in orientalizing costume—mounted on Arabian horses, who hunt with lance and sword—and two valets clad in roughly-hewn jerkins—one of whom has been killed by one of the beasts. The enraged hippopotamus tramples the crocodile, as both are attacked by the hunters and hounds...

Striped vase in blown Murano glass green orange and light blue, 1990s, Italy. This is a unique striped vase, with double colored sides, and stripes inside the blown technical. Half ...

This exquisite decorative vase was crafted by artist Carine Tontini in the 1990s as part of her Extrem Origin Collection. The vase is carved from a sing...

Two Murano glass heart vase by Maria Christina Hamel, 1990s, good original condition. Dimensions large heart: Height: 16.5 cm Width: 16 cm Depth: 12 cm Dimensions small heart: Heig...

Iridescent Coral Vase with Gold Nuance Murano Glass, 1990s, Italy. This exquisite Murano glass vase is a timeless piece of artistry, handcrafted in Italy during the 1990s. Its capti...

Cylindrical perfume holder in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, with screw cap, in a modern contemporary style. Diameter cm, 4,2 cm hig...

A fine English hand crafted large turned and carved oak wood vase by Richard Chapman (b.1951) and dating from the 20th century. The large bottle shaped...

Colorful (colorful) vintage Mid-Century Modern bright red vase by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy, circa 1970s-1990s. Particularly striking is the narrow necked round form with rippl...

Superb limited edition black crystal "Dixie" vase. Signed Lalique France and numbered 451 out of 999. In very good condition. Dimensions in cm ( H x D ) : 21 x 21.5 Secure shipping.

A very organic magnificent round vase in blown Murano glass, late 20th century, signed by Costantini, the deep black body worked with an extensive and sophisticated iridescence that ...

Clear glass sculptural skull vase.

Set of 8 Vintage Ikea Wave Squiggle Skämt vases , 1990’S Dimensions: 21 cm H , 4,5cm W, 4,2cm W Condition: Good ( Some have small scratches or damages on the surface) Period: 1990’s

Beautiful multicolored art glass vase Soliflor "Jewels" by Villeroy & Boch. Made of polished glass with non-slip satin band. Original brand on the base.

Rare Lino Tagliapietra Torcello Vase for Effetre International made on the venetian island of Murano out of the finest Italian art glass. Etched signature and date to underside Effet...

Measures 12-3/4” high, 7-1/2” wide at the mouth, 2-7/8” wide at the base. Stamped on base METAAL Grainware c 1992 Michael Lax Design ML-4012 There are some light scuffs and scratches especially toward the base, patina to finish. See images for detail. Michael Lax (1929–1999) was an American industrial designer who created household products for companies such as Copco, Lightolier, Dansk, Salton, Metaal, Mikasa, Tupperware, and American Cyanamid. Several of his best-known products, including the Lytegem lamp by Lightolier and the Copco enamel...

Missoni Cloissone Vase Rare . Colorfull Zig Zag .Large . Tube Round 13.5” x 6”

A sandblasted Kosta Boda unique Vase by Bertil Vallien, made in Sweden in 1991. A free blown hand tooled blue glass vessel with applied violet threads. Sandblasted skillfully to the...

Rare Lino Tagliapietra Torcello Vase for Effetre International made on the venetian island of Murano out of the finest Italian art glass. Etched signature and date to underside Effet...

Sculptural and organic ceramic modernist Ikebana vase. This beautiful piece exudes organic design and beauty that is visually intriguing. Created with almost brutalist intent, this ...

Sterling silver vase holder, completely handmade in Florence, Italy in the artisan silversmith workshop of Silver Fashion Silvan, The shape of the body is very rounded, hand-worked w...

A tall ceramic vase made by American studio potter Otto Heino (1915-2009) in the late year of his life in his studio in Ojai, California, 1999. Wheel thrown with intentional concentr...

Sculptural ceramic vase made by the German-Swedish-Danish ceramist Richard Manz (1933-1999). The husband of the Danish ceramist Bodil Manz. The rustic al...

Murano glass heart vase by Maria Christina Hamel, 1990s, good original condition.

Vintage blue and white porcelain vase Large cobalt vase Schumann Arzberg Germany High, floor Vase Made of porcelain known manufactory Schumann...

Murano glass heart vase by Maria Christina Hamel, 1990s, good original condition.

Set of 3 Brutalist chrome foil cylinder planters with a chrome foil finish and black plastic caps by H.U.D.D.L.E. OF Los Angeles. Measures: Large: 40" W / 11" D Medium: 29" H / 10" ...

Brutalist Wooden Pot made from the trunk of a Palmtree, nice and warm patina of the Palmtree Wood, xl size, very decorative object to be used for differ...

This is a late 20th century handblown Murano vase by Barovier and Toso. This large vase has a ribbed heavy pink glass at the top and stands on three swirling feet with 22carat gold f...

Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produ...

"Blue Figura Sentinel", a studio glass sculpture by Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin. An early and unique glass sculpture from the times when the two artists had their first own ...

Large vase ''Opalino'' Venini, Murano, 1992 Colorless glass, with white opal and violet undertones. Marked in vibro-engraving: venini 92. Original label of the manufactory. H. 36 cm ...

Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Ven...

Very beautiful, signed Satellite Bottle in changing colors: grey, brown, green, gold, blue, petrol... Red and yellow spots. Bertil Vallien Vallien is the son of the painter and pr...

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999. Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide. There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail. If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back. They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy. Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says. In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest. “Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making. Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...

Beautiful E Waterford marquis green crystal vase, in the Rumba pattern. Nearly 10" tall and almost 5 lbs Beautiful green inside and clear bottom. Top-q...

Gorgeous vintage 1992 Modern purple & teal swirled pottery overscale bottle or floor vessel artist signed. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this...

Striped Vase in blown Murano Glass Green Orange and light blue, 1990s Italy. This is a unique striped vase, with double colored sides, and stripes inside the blown technical. Half si...

Scandinavian Modern sculptural Arango clear art glass savoy vase designed by Alvar Aalto for Iittala, made in Finland. This is a beautiful handmade iconic piece from the 1990s. Foil...

Designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini Blown handmade vase with colored inserts Transparent blown glass can either be clear or colored by the addition of small quantities of metal ox...

African hand carved soapstone vase.

Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase omega by Ettore Sottsass, Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition ...

Large vase ''Opalino'' Venini, Murano, 1992 Colorless glass, with white opal and violet undertones. Marked in vibro-engraving: venini 92. Original label of the manufactory. H. 36 cm ...

Pair of chelsea house hand painted French Empire style ceramic vases.

Moritz vase, design Lino SABATTINI for Sabattini Silverware, in silver metal and glass base. ORIGIN Italy PERIOD 1990s DESIGNER Lino SABATTINI (1925-2016) was born in Correggio (R...

Amazing studio pottery vase by the well known potter Otto Heino . This vase has the rare Yellow Celadon glaze , that the formula was lost for the Chinese artists and Otto created it ...

Tall pearlized white 1990s style glass and ceramic vase in a light white pearlized finish and wonderful proportions. The body of this vase is oval in shape, with a small round base w...

Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese Artificial flower vase G by Ettore Sottsass, edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 signed and numered pieces, number 3 / 1...

Striped Vase in blown Murano Glass Green Orange and light blue, 1990s Italy. This is a unique striped vase, with double colored sides, and stripes inside the blown technical. Half si...

A monumental blue red and clear Murano art glass vase made by Ercole Barovier for Barovier e Toso. Italy, circa 1990s. This elegant, yet still whimsical vase features a gorgeous wavy / curvy design and a fantastic graduated shape. The body of this Barovier e Toso Murano vase...

Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and prod...

A Sculptural Vase by Olivier Gagnère France 1990s For Virebent Manufacture. Unsigned. Very decorative and élégante.

Exclusive series of twelve handmade Murano drinking glasses with Murrine Millefiori. This set is called "GOTI DE FORNASA". Tradition wants that the Murano glass master with his emp...

Tall and highly decorative Post-Modern Murano Glass vase with lovely colors. Made in Italy, 1990s. Executed in thick, multi-colored Murano-Glass. Dimensions: H 11.82 in. (30 cm) W ...

Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese artificial flower vase S by Ettore Sottsass, edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 signed and numbered pieces, number 10 ...

Set of yellow glasses with Millefiori murrina decoration. This set is called "Goti De Fornasa". Tradition wants that the Murano glass master with his ...

Three Murano blown glass vases entirely in 24-karat gold leaf. Touching the vases with your hand you can feel the external relief work, as if it were a glacier To complete its uni...

Late 20th century, American, large turned wood vase, possibly yew. The vase has been indistinctly branded on the base. A beautifully turned vase with...

Decorative large vase by Kosta Boda, Sweden, circa 1990. The vase is hand painted.

Made in Italy, 1970s. Made in hand-blown, polished Murano glass. It is signed by Carlo Moretti. This vase might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considere...

Vase in 800 solid silver with pointed oval shape. The back has been left completely smooth while the front has been embossed and chiseled on the design of the sterlizia flowers. Com...

Transparent Murano glass artistic vase with black and white patterns, 1990s. This artistic vase is a unique and special object, perfect for a refined Murano glass lover. Its shape i...

The Funtime's cups is a series of unique footed bowls created by Japanese artist Tsuchida Yasuhiko on the island of Murano. This particular Funtime's cup is a mosaic of glass canes a...

This large signed and numbered limited edition Lalique vase is titled Vase Macao and features a parrot motif executed in deep relief. The two birds are pose...

Missoni Cloissone Vase Colorfull Rare . Large Tube Round. 13.5” x 6”

Y vase made for the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese artificial flowers vase by Ettore Sottsass, Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 numbered pieces, number 9 / 12. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Flower not included. Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917-31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting and office machine design. Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. In 1956, Ettore Sottsass began working as a design consultant for Olivetti, designing office equipment...

A very fine Pop-Art Post-Modern art glass vase. Decorated with a red ""FLASH"" lamp work script that is surrounded by light blue & yellow accents on a white ground. There are remna...

A fine Pop-Art art glass vase. Decorated with a red "BANG" surrounded by light blue & yellow accents on a white ground. Signed to the base MAYS 99. Simply a great Pop-Art vase! Date: 1999 Overall Condition: It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. Condition Details: There are a few noticeable scratches here & there. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age. Maker: Mays Marks: Marked to the base with MAYS 99. Measurements: Height: ca. 8 1/4 in. Diameter: ca. 6 1/2 in. Items...

Jay Spectre signed and dated off-white porcelain ceramic Deco designed tall vase.

Elegant and refined sterling silver vase. Entirely handcrafted and embossed with a torchon motif, the vase has been finely hammered all over the body. The mouth of the vase is shap...

A very fine, large modern studio pottery vase. In an abstract form that vaguely resembles an arrowhead. From a Philadelphia estate in which several other estate pieces were linked to the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Simply a great Memphis School style Modernist pottery vase...

Large baroque style sterling silver vase. The body of the vase has been masterfully embossed with shells, flowers and volutes, typical of the Baroque style. Still in the body of the ...

Iridescent Amber Cornucopia Sculpture Vase in Blown Murano Glass 1990s Italy. This exquisite cornucopia, crafted from amber-hued Murano glass, is...

Introducing rare Collector's Masterpiece: YOCHI OHIRA, DE MAJO Murano Glass Vase Elevate your collection with this exceptional piece by Yoichi Ohira, a distinguished Japanese artist who seamlessly blends his native aesthetic with the rich traditions of Italian glassmaking. Crafted in collaboration with master blower Vittorio Ferro in 1990, this large cup from the Ombre Azzurre series is a testament to Ohira's mastery of form and technique. This stunning vase stands at an impressive height of 22.5 cm with a diameter of 29.5 cm, showcasing the meticulous artistry behind its creation. Part of the Blown Glass Collection...