Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
POSTMODERN STYLE
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
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
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.
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Ettore Sottsass Shiva Capsule Limited Edition Blue Vase 144/999
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Blue Shiva ceramic vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona.
This piece has been produced as a limited edition with a total of only 999 units.
This is...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$1,463 Sale Price
43% Off
A unique ceramic vase by Tony Evans, signed, late 20th century
By Tony Evans
Located in View Park, CA
A absolutely stunning and wildly unique ceramic vase - art piece really - by Tony Evans, signed, late 20th century. Featuring an idiosyncratic lava glaze over scintillating pigments ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
1970s Post Modern Blue Ceramic Vase by Rigon for Bertoncello
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1970s Postmodern blue ceramic vase, designed by Rigon for Bertoncello, is an iconic example of Italian ceramic artistry during the era. The vase features a bold, sculptural form...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$662 Sale Price
20% Off
Brigitte Doege for Rosenthal Large Porcelain Flower Vase, 1990s
By Brigette Deoge Rosenthal
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Brigitte Doege for Rosenthal Germany Large Porcelain Flower Vase, 1990s
Gorgeous and large flower vase manufactured from Rosenthal Germany in fine porcelain.
The design is made by B...
Category
1990s German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Michael Schunke for Nine Iron Studio Vase, American Studio Art Glass, 1995
By Michael Schunke
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large vintage art glass vase features deep, jewel-like color palette and complex sculptural shape. The vase has ovoid silhouette with flattened sides, forming an elongated disk-shap...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Fulvio Bianconi, Private Collection, Glass Vase Set with Glass Balloons, 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Fulvio Bianconi
Bianconi's private collection, c. 1960
Execution: Blown glass, clear and blue, with glass bubbles inside.
Signed: Bianconi
H : 23 cm (9.05")
Overall Very good co...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
A SCULPTURAL BLOWN GLASS VASE, by DAVIDE SALVADORE, MURANO, Italy 2000.
Located in PARIS, FR
An enormous sculptural Post-Modernist Blown Glass Vase, from the serie "Porphyre", by Contemporary Murano Glass Artist Davide Salvadore. This is a museum piece of Contemporary Art in...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Dvi Planter by Studio Indigene
Located in Geneve, CH
Dvi Planter by Studio Indigene
Dimensions: D 45.72 x W 17.78 x H 22,86 cm
Materials: Teak Wood & Brass.
Colors Brown, Natural Wooden, Brass Finish.
Dvi, holds two plantlings in its...
Category
2010s Indian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
$626 / item
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...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Abstract Pink Ceramic Planter
Located in Fairfield, CA
A large vintage postmodern ceramic planter. Unique organic abstract shape. Glossy pale blush finish to the ceramic.
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Postmodern German Studio Pottery Vase by JLK Keramik, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Large Postmodern German Studio Pottery Vase by Jakob Leopold Knödgen for JLK Keramik, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Addit...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Soft Goblet Sculptural Vessel
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Making direct reference to the ability of bodily organs to function as vessels, while also alluding to plastic surgery and sex toys? Our soft vessels personify aided characters. Patients subdued by recomery. Impotent beings that struggle to perform the very tasks that define them as objects.
Exhibited at
Musée Des Arts Décoratifs Et Du Design De Bordeaux: Bordeaux (2023)
PAD- BOON ROOM: Paris (2023)
Healing- Club Mish Mish: Riyadh (2023)
Mexican Design 1950's-now- Shak Gallery...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Art Deco Ceramic Speckled Vase
Located in Rümmingen, BW
"shipping note: If your region or country is not listed under the shipping options please contact us directly"
This one unique ceramic vase was crafted in the style of the renowned ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Signed & Dated 1975 Wayne Filan Platinum over Glass Art Vase
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Signed & dated 1975 Wayne Filan Platinum over Glass Art Vase. A large & robust example - the bonded platinum on a surreal swan-like creature form. Filan, American, 1946- . The proce...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Platinum
1961 Danish Holmegaard Blue Glass "Duckling" Vase by Per Lütken
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1961 Holmegaard blue glass "Duckling" vase by Per Lütken, Denmark. Monogram signature, Per Lütken, dated 1961 & Holmegaard signature. Lütken was the art director & chief designer at ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Tethys Hourglass Hydro Vase by Elyse Graham
Located in Geneve, CH
Tethys hourglass hydro vase by Elyse Graham
Dimensions: W 14 x D 14 x H 29 cm
Materials: Plaster, Resin
Molded, dyed, and finished by hand in LA. customization
Available.
All pi...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin, Plaster
$910 / item
Post-modern Art Glass Vase by Odd Ingar Karlengen for Hallingglass Norway
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Almost every color imaginable appears in the palette of this studio art glass vase by Norwegian Glass Designer Odd Ingar Karlengen. It is signed by hand and its a piece unique made a...
Category
1980s Norwegian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
$250 Sale Price
20% Off
Xaloc Burgundy 45 Pot by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Xaloc Burgundy 45 pot by Mowee
Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 45 cm
Material: Aluminium
Weight: 8 kg
Also available in different colours and finishes.
Xaloc synthesizes the line...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Aluminum
$1,419 / item
Crumpled Vase in Military Green 3D-Printed Plant-Based Plastic Large
By É Pedra
Located in São Paulo, BR
3D-printed in bioplastic and hand-shaped, the Crumpled Vase combines digital precision with expressive craftsmanship. Its sculptural form and delicate texture make each piece a one-o...
Category
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Plastic
$142 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Large Postmodern Pottery Vase by Jesper Packness, Memphis-Style, Denmark
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful sculptural post-modern ceramic vase by Jesper Packness, Denmark. A decorative piece with a cobalt blue shiny glaze and stripes in different colors. Signed on its undernea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Peana Model 3 Large Green Vessel by Eter Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Peana Model 3 Large Green Vessel by Eter Design
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 15.2 x H 56 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Sustainable - Eco-friendly. Handmade. E...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
$3,240 / item
Heide Warlamis Postmodern Memphis Design Large Vase, Vienna Collection, 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative large vase (13.5” tall) from the 1980s, designed by artist and designer Heide Warlamis as part of her renowned Vienna Collection series. The vase reflects ...
Category
1980s Austrian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Luigi Mellara Picasso Homage Italian Green Blu Murano Glass Face Vase Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This signed vase is a unique vintage Art Glass head sculpture, of modernist dynamic design. High quality of execution with the crystal clear body tinted with a top part in gradient l...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
$1,330 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Vintage 80s Modern Black Ceramic Swirl Vase
Located in Fairfield, CA
An extra large vintage 80s modern ceramic vase. Nice cylinder shape with an embossed swirl design around the sides, finished in a glossy black glaze. A scul...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Black Pidestall Planter by Emilie Stahl Carlsen
Located in Geneve, CH
Large black pidestall planter by Emilie Stahl Carlsen
Materials: Metal.
Dimensions: D 40 x H 55 cm
Available in grey, red, taupe or black and in 3 sizes: D 15 x H 15, D 40 x H 35,...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Selamawi Ceramic Candleabra by TheUrbanative
Located in Geneve, CH
Selamawi ceramic candleabra by TheUrbanative
Dimensions: W 25 x D 10 x H 24 cm
Material: Raw Terracotta & Raffia
Dry flowers only.
Also available: Selamawi Ceramic Vessel.
The...
Category
2010s South African Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$1,312 / item
Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Located in Geneve, CH
Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Unique Piece
Dimensions: W 26 x D 26 x H 27.5 cm
Materials: Porcelain.
I use the technique of 'sang-gam' (=inlay work) with my special tool, which I made myself, and create delicate and exact lines, which are all handmade, although they are often mistakenly considered manufactured. In the notched hollow lines, I delicately place the subtle different colors one by one, just as hyperrealist painters do. It took me about a year to get a detailed "moon" pattern on the porcelain "moon jar".
I am a Berlin-based ceramic artist from Korea and these are very early works made in Berlin,
Moon jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$3,903 / item
Large Jan Van Der Vaart Porcelain Taurus Vase for Rosenthal Studio Line
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Striking large and colorful porcelain vase designed by influential ceramist Jan Van Der Vaart for Rosenthal and manufactured in Germany. This vase is in the Taurus pattern that has a curved shape with folded sides. The stylized decoration of a calla lily and leaves is by German artist and designer Brigitte Doege. Signed on the side and bottom.
From Wikipedia:
Johannes Jacobus (Jan) van der Vaart (The Hague, 17 October 1931 – Leiden, 8 November 2000) was an influential Dutch ceramist from the 20th century, known as founder of the abstract-geometric ceramics...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Boccato, Gigante & Zambusi Post-Modern Ceramic Vase for Sicart Italy
Located in Meer, VAN
Rare and large post modern vase by Marilena Boccato, Gian Nicola Gigante en Antonio Zambusi for Sicart Cartigliano. Italy, 1970's. The remarkable...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Post-Modern Italian Carrara Marble Vases
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of post-modern Italian carrara marble vases, circa 1970s. Gorgeous black veins of marble throughout each vase. The pair are in very good vintage condition with no chips o...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Carrara Marble
Postmodern Fused Art Glass Vase, Cobalt Blue, Green, Yellow, Hand Blown
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural, tall art glass vase was created in goblet shape with cobalt blue body encased in clear glass in sommerso technique; graphic yellow glass stripe was fused to the outer surface, circling around the piece and descending down to the dark green round base. Yellow glass decorates the rim of the vase, balancing the composition.
Rim glows orange in UV which is usually an indication of cadmium glass.
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Bruno Gambone Italian Stoneware Vases Set 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian stoneware vases set of three designed and produced by italian artist Bruno Gambone with natural colors, signed under the base “Gambone Italy”, 1970s Italy production
Dimensi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
$7,333 / set
Natalie Du Pasquier Vase Bitossi Ceramic
Located in San Diego, CA
Capturing the unique post-modernist style of Nathalie du Pasquier, this sculpture is defined by bold geometric elements in different colors stacked in an abstract shape. Turned on a ...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$2,278 / item
Majestic Tall Ceramic Vase by Natalie Du Pasquier by Bitossi
Located in San Diego, CA
Standing on a yellow truncated cone, a white cylinder with a semicircular top completes this stunning ceramic sculpture by Natalie Du Pasquier, creating an artistic focal point in an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Vase Mediterraneo Green Gilt Waves Lavori in Corso Signed Dated
Located in Wilton, CT
Ettore Sottsass Mediterreneo large vase or urn with gilt waves on a green glazed ground. From an edition of 15, dated 2000. Original Lavori in Corso label. Measures: 9" high, 9 3/4"...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Beige Ceramic Vase, France, Late 20th Century
Located in Rümmingen, BW
"shipping note: If your region or country is not listed under the shipping options please contact us directly"
The vase features a distinctively waisted silhouette that flares towar...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
A Sculptural Transparent BLOWN GLASS VASE, VENINI, MURANO, ITALY 1980-1990
By Venini
Located in PARIS, FR
An enormous and sculptural Post-Modernist vase, Free Form, in thick blown glass with ovoid bubbles and 2 turquoise lines, Venini, Murano, Italy 1980-1990.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Japanese Studio Ceramic Vase
Located in Oakland, CA
Absolutely stunning Japanese ceramic studio glazed vase with original box. Dreamy purple lavender glaze with hints of greens. Expertly crafted, unknown artist. Fully signed on box an...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Handmade Brown Lacquered Earthenware Pitcher by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Handmade in Italy, 1970s.
This jug is made in lacquered earthenware with brown and orange shades, which are rare colors.
It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces o...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
$328 Sale Price
25% Off
Blue and Green Aurora Borealis Style Glass Teardrop Vase
Located in Glasgow, GB
A vintage art glass teardrop shaped vase attributed to Lars Sestervik for Lindshammar, Sweden c1990
This colourful glass vase showcases a striking blend of blue, green, and clear gl...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
$202 Sale Price
50% Off
Ceramic Pottery Vase
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A multi-color ceramic pottery vase with carved design.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass Vase by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso with White Canes, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is an extremely fine vase, designed by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso's company in Murano.
It is made in hand-blown glass with white canes.
This is...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,286 Sale Price
25% Off
Venini Murano Latticino Glass Vases, 3
By Venini
Located in Astoria, NY
Three Venini Murano Latticino Glass Cylindrical Vases, 1983, two with purple caning and one white, with etched "venini italia 83" marks to undersides "Venini / Made in Italy" and "Ve...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,450 / set
Barbara Brenner Porcelain Vase for Rosenthal
Located in Miami, FL
Large organic postmodern porcelain vase by Barbara Brenner for Rosenthal, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Transparent Murano Glass Decanter Bottle by Carlo Moretti, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, in 1980s.
The decanter is made in ribbed hand-blown Murano glass with a modeled polychrome glass cap.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces o...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
$416 Sale Price
25% Off
A Memphis Milano Post-Modern Ceramic Vase By Marco Zanini for Bitossi
By Bitossi, Marco Zanini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Marco Zanini vase for Bitossi is a quintessential example of the Memphis Milano style, characterized by its bold colors, geometric shapes, and playful, innovative design. The va...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$662 Sale Price
20% Off
Collection of Seven Post-Modern "Kombi" Vases, Margareta Hennix for Gustavsberg
Located in Bochum, NRW
Collection of Seven Post-Modern "Kombi" Vases, Margareta Hennix for Gustavsberg.
Six vases in white glazed stoneware and one in black satin glaze, made by the Swedish artist Margare...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$1,640 Sale Price
25% Off
ALDO Porcelain Vase by Studio Fuksas for Alessi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A captivating porcelain vase from the ALDO collection, designed by the acclaimed architectural firm Studio Fuksas for Alessi in 2012. A limited edition piece showcasing the innovati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
David Gil large 12" ceramic vase " Spark " black rare by Bennington Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and one of the largest samples of the vase title " Spark" in black pottery glaze matt color.
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
1985 Postmodern Hand Blown Art Glass Abstract Vase Signed Steve Hourigan
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This striking 1985 Post-Modern art glass vase, signed by Steve Hourigan, features a flattened disc form with a central opening. It displays an earthy blend of red, orange, and green ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Jaca Vase No. 17 in Offwhite Organic Textured Ceramic by Hanna Englund
Located in Geneve, CH
Jaca Vase No. 17 in Offwhite Organic Textured Ceramic by Hanna Englund
Dimensions: D 27 x W 28 x H 47,5 cm.
Materials: Ceramic.
Large vase with an organic textured exterior. This p...
Category
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Venini Murano Italy Blue Glass Bottle Vase Serie “Velati” 1992
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produ...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$898 Sale Price
20% Off
Sculptural Aztec Vase by Javier Mariscal for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s.
Located in Lille, FR
Sculptural Aztec Ceramic Vase by Javier Mariscal for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s.
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Brass and Copper Vessel
Located in Treadwell, NY
SHADOW VESSEL (9:28 AM 9.14.23)
Brass and copper
Dimensions: 13” L x 2” W x 7.375” H
Weight: 4.5lbs
1 of 1
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Copper
Val Saint Lambert cut crystal vase from the 1960s
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Val Saint Lambert cut crystal vase from the 1960s
This Val Saint Lambert Aberdeen crystal vase is a vintage piece from the 1960s that sta...
Category
20th Century Belgian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Heino Large pottery / ceramic vase , rare Chinese Yellow Celadon glaze
By Otto Heino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 ...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
2000s Cenedese Italian Aquamarine Blue Rostrato Murano Glass Ovoid Vase
By Cenedese
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Venetian modernist vase signed Cenedese with an interesting elongated modern organic shape, in a sophisticated azure turquoise color, in blown Murano glass worked with t...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$2,058 Sale Price / item
30% Off
1980s Opalescent Swirl Glass Vase by Larry Laslo for Mikasa
By Larry Laslo, Mikasa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A lovely opalescent glass vase designed by Larry Laslo in the 1980s for Mikasa. Very heavy glass with a pronounced beautiful swirl and colors that shift depending on the vantage poin...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Post-modern vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases and vessels created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern vases and vessels made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases and vessels, popular names associated with this style include Tom von Kaenel, Reflections Copenhagen, Zieta, and DygoDesign. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases and vessels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $60 and tops out at $56,631 while the average work can sell for $991.
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