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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Style: Post-Modern
Postmodern Art Glass Vase from Sweden
By Kosta Boda
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Scandinavian Postmodern white and neon/florescent yellow art glass fluted vase from Kosta Boda, Sweden. Vase is numbered40015 and signed by artist designer on bottom as s...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Nils Allan Johannesson, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed stoneware vase designed by Nils Allan Johannesson and produced by Barsebäckshamn, Sweden, 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Indian Summer Vase (Large), Clear Orange and Pastel Pink by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, CA
"Indian Summer" Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection. Handmade in Italy by Corsi Design.
*Due to the handmade nature of the piece, variati...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin
Post-Modern Glass Vase by Massimo Giacon for Vis-à-vis Collection of Ritzenhoff
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Cheerful glass vase designed by Massimo Giacon for the Vis-à-vis Collection of Ritzenhoff, 1999.
The stubble rowdy face looks at us in a somewhat challenging but also friendly man...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Ettore Sottsass Model 592 "Fischietto" Vase For Habitat, 2000
Located in London, GB
For sale a rare & iconic Post-Modern “FISCHIETTO” ("Whistle" in Italian) vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, produced by Habitat in 2000 and made of earthenware, glazed in light & dark...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Pair of Black & Yellow Glass Handkerchief Vases by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of "handkerchief" style vases by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien for Kosta Boda, Sweden, 1980s. Whimsical graffiti style hand-painted pattern on mouth-blown art glass. Marked UHV at bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Jon Kuhn Early Sculptural Op-Art Vase, American Art Studio Glass, 1982
By Jon Kuhn
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Triangular faceted vase features a graphic pattern of ruby red, white, and dichroic glass encased in clear glass layers in sommerso technique. The body of the vase is cut and polished in triangular shape, exposing complex, colorful core; the subtle sheen of dichroic glass adds complexity and visual interest to a reserved color scheme.
The vase is signed and dated by the artist in etching on the bottom; this rare, hard to find example of American studio glass would make a great gift to any studio glass, art collector, or modern design enthusiast.
Jon Kuhn is one of the foremost glass artists in his field, creating highly intricate architectural glass art sculpture that has won world-wide acclaim. He received BFA from Washburn University in 1974, MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1978, and Honorary DFA from Washburn University in 2006. Jon Kuhn early work was done in molten glass, but currently he works in cold glass that is cut, polished, and fused, resulting in sculptures that take in surrounding light, then reflects and refracts it back; they appear to change color and radiance when viewed from different angles and lighting. Kuhn creates cold glass art in a variety of shapes and forms, but he is perhaps best known for his glass cubes which contain a colorful glass interior cased in clear glass. Kuhn’s work stands out for its complexity, its geometric forms, and for its mesmerizing presence. Jon Kuhn glass...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
Rolf Palm, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1990
Located in High Point, NC
A black-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Rolf Palm, Mölle, Sweden, 1990.
Category
1990s Swedish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Italian Venetian Art Glass Vases for Kreiss
By Kreiss
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous pair of post-modern Italian Venetian art glass vases, circa 1990s. The smaller vase is a bluish purple in color and the taller one is...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
$600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Soft Vase Sculptural Vessel
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 Mexican Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Postmodern Ceramic Bud Vase for Rosenthal, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern porcelain bud vase by Rosenthal, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Blue Art Glass Vase in the Manner of Paolo Venini
By Paolo Venini
Located in Miami, FL
A fine hand-crafted Murano art glass vase, signed Marcello Furlou.
This high quality Murano art glass vase is hand blown. It is designed in the manner of some Paolo Venini vases, m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Ceramiche Daedalus Vietri Majolica Bud Vase, Italy Postmodern
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful bud vase is hand painted with bright and cheerful decor of houses, fruits, and flowers that wraps around the vase and creates a surrealistic landscape. The rim is defined wi...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Majolica
Monumental Seguso Cobalto Corroso Scavo Glass Vase, c. 1980's
Located in New York, NY
Monumental Seguso cobalto corroso hour glass double sided vase. Hand crafted in the ancient technique of scavo glass. Italy, 1980's.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Very Large Memphis Glass Objects by Matteo Thun for Tiffany & Co. 1987
Located in Tilburg, NL
Extraordinary and very large (54,5 & 86 cm in height) glass objects by famous designer and Memphis Group founding member Matteo Thun (1952 – Italy). Rinascimento Collection for Tiffa...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Postmodern Sommerso Art Glass Vase, Red and Black, Hand Blown
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural art glass vase was created in elongated, graphic shape with semi-transparent red body encased in clear glass in sommerso technique; fused black glass decorates the rim of ...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Blown Glass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Postmodern Italian Marble Vases
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous pair of postmodern Italian marble vases, circa 1970s. Striking tan, brown, white and cream fleck throughout each vase. The pair are in ve...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
$520 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Gae Aulenti, "Pulegoso" Venini Glass Vase, 1995
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Paris, FR
Gae Aulenti,
"Pulegoso" Venini Glass Vase, 1995
Cased glass, clear and red air bubbles.
Marked: Venini Millenium III / Limited series : n°53/99 / Signed Gae Aulenti (engraved). Pic...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Danish Designer, Vase, Ceramic, Denmark, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown-glazed budded ceramic vase, designed and produced in Denmark, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Marquis Latticino Glass Cone Vase, by Noble Effort, Marked 1986
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very delicate glass kept for many years untouched and mint.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Polychrome Ceramic Vase by Carlo Zauli, 1960s
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Single flower vase in polychrome ceramic, signed on the bottom.
Carlo Zauli (Faenza, 19 August 1926 - Faenza, 14 January 2002).
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$2,210 Sale Price
30% Off
Black Sculpture Vase
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial Postmodern black charcoal sculpture vase, circa late-20th century. Piece is clay pottery with a black charcoal matte finish, with a round, cylindrical, asymmetric design. Designers mark...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Clay, Ceramic
$1,850
Was Fedrigolli Sculptural Glass 1980s Italian Vase
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful 1980s Post Modern blue glass sculptural vase on a bronze vase made by famed Italian designer, Esa Fedrigolli. Rare. Signed.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Curt Addin, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A semi blue-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Curt Addin, Glumslöv, Sweden, 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Paper Bag Ceramic Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
A fantastic ceramic vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, which is truly an iconic piece of Finnish design.
It was designed in 1970s and probably produced in the 90s.
The internal p...
Category
1970s Finnish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Postmodern Memphis Era Baldelli Ceramic Centerpiece Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Majestic classic 1980's postmodern Italian large ceramic vase , in a 2 tone glossy finish with the bottom spreckles , signed Baldelli Italy .
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Light 33 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Light 33 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 32 x H 31 cm
Material: White porcelain, glaze.
Laura Pasquino
Incorporating references from ancient Korea...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$3,917 / item
Bertil Andersson, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1978
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable brown and beige-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Bertil Andersson, Höganäs, 1978.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Soft Vase Sculptural Vessel
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 p...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Porcelain Decanter by LeRoy Neiman Decorative Series Baseball Memorabillia
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful porcelain decorative decanter by Leroy Neiman, circa 1979, baseball memorabilia, intense colors and clean condition.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Birgitta Tilander, Vase, Stoneware, Italy, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue white and brown-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Birgitta Tilander, Rapallo, Italy, c. 1970s
“Birgitta tillander” on bottom
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Set of Modern Greek Antikristos Vessels Sculpture Vase
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
An original set of primary Antikristo pieces by the great greek artist Elena Vasilantonaki
The pieces are built entirely by hand with the coiling technique, in a variety of stoneware...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
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
Double Spout Studio Art Glass Vase Signed Dated
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Murano style studio art glass vase has an unusual double spout shape and is decorated with black and white line swirls and abstract dots and gold flecks pattern on the colorful black...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Postmodern Crackled Glaze Studio Pottery Vase with Colorful Design, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Crackled glaze studio pottery vase with artistic design from the 1980s. Signed by artist.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Rose, Peach, Grey Vase with Perforated Decor, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rose, peach, white and dark grey glazed barrel shaped handmade ceramic vase wiith perforated decor and asymmetrical top. Stamped under base. Beautiful vintage condition.
Denmark, 19...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Sven Bohlin, Unique Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A brown and white sizeable unique stoneware vase designed and produced by Sven Bohlin, Höganäs, Sweden, c. 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Unusual Postmodern Figurative "Pants" Vase, Hand Blown Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual, playful art glass vase was created in shape of lower body with pants in mottled blue with dark red stripes descending down on light blue shoes...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Postmodern Brown Enameled Earthenware Vase by Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is a brown enameled earthenware vase with a linear pattern of different colors.
It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Vintage Boho Monumental Studio Pottery Vase
Located in west palm beach, FL
Bold in scale and organic in form, this Vintage Boho Monumental Studio Pottery Vase is a stunning fusion of sculptural artistry and natural elegance. Featuring a unique UFO-like silh...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Paint
$1,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Toots Zinsky Chiacchiera Venini Vase Incamiciato Glass, Italy, 1990
By Venini, Toots Zynsky
Located in Vienna, AT
Toots Zinsky Chiacchiera Venini vase, Italy, 1990. Incamiciato glass with applied threading Incised signature to underside: Zinsky x Venini 90. Signed wit...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Murano glass vase by Ottavio Missoni, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Magnificent multicolored Murano blown glass vase designed by the famous Ottavio Missoni and made in the 1980s, a true masterpiece that embodies the essence of artistic design of the ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Steninge Keramik AB, Vase, Blue-Glazed Earthenware, Sweden, C. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue, glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Steninge Keramik AB, Märsta, Sweden, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Transparent Murano Glass Vase by Moretti and Nason, Labeled, Italy 1990s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1990s.
Made in hand-blown Murano glass.
It is labeled by Nason & Moretti.
This vase might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Memphis Glass Object by Matteo Thun for Tiffany & Co. 1987
Located in Tilburg, NL
Extraordinary and unique blue glass object by famous designer and Memphis Group founding member Matteo Thun (1952 – Italy). Very, very rare. Rinascim...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Postmodern Light Peach Corrugated Cardboard Vase by Flute, Chicago
Located in Miami, FL
Corrugated cardboard vase rendered in light peach by Flute, Chicago circa 1980s. Best to use with dried arrangements.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Natural Fiber
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Designer, Vase, Blue and Beige-Glazed Stoneware, Sweden, C. 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A blue and beige, glazed stoneware vase designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Swedish Designer, Large Freeform Vase, Blue-Glazed Stoneware, Sweden, c. 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A large blue-glazed stoneware vase produced in Sweden, c. 1960s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Italian Murano Brown Art Glass Vase with Gold Speckles
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Italian Murano brown art glass vase with speckles of copper and gold aventurine.
Murano blown glass vase hand made on the island of Murano.
Dotted patches encased in brown gl...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Heavy Earthenware Vase in Verdigris w/ 3 Openings
Located in North Miami, FL
This green glazed terra cotta vase with 3 whimsical openings for flowers is super heavy and sculptural. SIGNED
Category
1960s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Multicolored Glazed Earthenware Vase by Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello, 1970s.
It is made in multicolored glazed earthenware.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of two: Cubist, Geometric, Post Modern Vases. Made in Italy
Located in New York, NY
A pair of two Brick #3 bases -- part of a larger project titled Brick Block, Tick Tock which explores themes of silence, reconstruction, and gender equality, urging viewers to reflec...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Abstract Modernist Faceted Tall Red Berry Color Murano Glass Vase
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A bright berry red color curvy tall Murano glass vase. With a wide base, cinched top, and sprawling scalloped finger-like lip, this vessel is a true statement piece. The base is roun...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Circular Blue Organic Decor Ceramic Wall Vase, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Circular dusty blue and gray ceramic wall vase made by hand. With a soft shaped ear on each side and a flat base this item can be used standing or hanging on a wall. It has organic d...
Category
20th Century Scandinavian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
1990s John Bergen Studio Postmodern Black and White Ceramic Amorphous Vase
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a stunning, ceramic vase by designer John Bergen, circa the 1990s. This ceramic vase embodies postmodern attributes with its ...
Category
1990s Canadian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
1980’s Post Modern Ceramic Vase
Located in Houston, TX
1980s Post modern ceramic vase by noted Austrian artist Heide Warlamis (b.1942) from her renowned Vienna Collection. Signed on the bottom along with ...
Category
1980s Austrian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Michael Lax Design Grainware METAAL Vase, circa 1992
By Michael Lax
Located in Cathedral City, CA
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...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Murano Post Modern Glicine Vase by Gae Aulenti for Vistosi c. 1980's
By Vistosi, Gae Aulenti
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular Murano Glicine vase designed by Gae Aulenti for Vistosi, circa 1980's.
The vase was executed in polychrome green tones, the base is round, with a domed top.
This exam...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Postmodern Tusca Vase by Lino Sabattini for Rosenthal, 1980s
Located in Uppsala, SE
This is the smallest model of the Tusca vase series, designed by Lino Sabattini and produced by Rosenthal in the 1980s. The white porcelain vase features a silver coloured motif and ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 1980s Post Modern Vase in Alabaster
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1980s Post-Modern Vase in Alabaster
Attributed to Alessandro Mendini
Italy 1980s
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Alabaster
$1,403 Sale Price
20% Off
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