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
Bud Vase Sculptural Blown Glass with Silver Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Bud Vase Sculptural Blown Glass with Silver Mirror by Homa
Dimensions: W 40 x D 40 x H 26 cm
Materials: Blown Glass. Silver Mirror.
HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Is...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Mirror
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
$1,800 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Crumpled Vase in Translucent 3D Printed Plant Based Plastic
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 Post-Modern Raku Pottery Vase by Amadio Smith
By Amadio Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Large post-modern raku pottery vase by Amadio Smith, circa 1980s. The piece measures 11.75"D x 10"H and is signed and dated on the underside. The vase is in good vintage condition an...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Two Gold Blue Post-Modern Vases by Allan Hytholm, Denmark 1980s
Located in Hannover, DE
Exceptional, postmodern in an excellent color combination, gorgeous turquoise blue and gold characterize this wonderful pair of vases. The slightly larger vase has a height of 29cm a...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$586 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Meritalia Big Surprise 1, Small / Green and Yellow by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, ON
Each vase by Edizioni del Pesce embodies a singular and unrepeatable identity, telling a different story through innovative shapes, intricate details and a varied chromatic range. Th...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin
Glaze Small Vase by Studionudo
Located in Geneve, CH
Glaze Small Vase by Studionudo
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 22 x H 20 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Different finishes and sizes are available. Prices may vary. Please contact us.
Simple and...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
$437 / item
Postmodern Design Rosenthal Gilbert Portanier Vase from the 1980s
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Vintage design vase made by Rosenthal Germany, designed by Gilbert Portanier in the 1980s.
Beautiful colors with golden details.
The vase is in very nice condition.
Measurements...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
"Toute Petite Étrangeté" Cocoon Vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s
By Philippe Starck, Daum
Located in Lille, FR
"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s.
Signed.
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Modern Minimalist Spiral White Ceramic Vase
Located in Pasadena, CA
This postmodern sculptural ceramic vase features a fluid, organic spiral silhouette in matte cream. Evoking the playful geometry of Memphis-era design while retaining a minimalist el...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Light 32 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Light 32 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 32 x H 32 cm
Material: Unglazed white porcelain.
Laura Pasquino
Incorporating references from ancient Kor...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$3,964 / item
Post Modern Memphis era Japanese Ikebana Style Vase
By Toyo
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking porcelain finish geometric vase made in Japan circa 80s. excellent condition no chips or cracks.
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Desk Component
Located in Treadwell, NY
DESK COMPONENT (MONOLITH) APD00070
Hot rolled steel plate, bronze and mirror-polished brass
9.75” L 4.5” W 5.25” H
16.5lbs
1 of 1
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
$2,500
Val Saint Lambert Cut Glass Vase in cobalt blue
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Val Saint Lambert Cut Glass Vase
The Val Saint Lambert cut glass vase features a design with intricate floral and geometric motifs carved deeply into a cobalt blue glass body. The ca...
Category
20th Century Belgian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Poured Vessel 03 by Joana Kieppe
Located in Geneve, CH
Poured Vessel 03 by Joana Kieppe
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: D 19 x W 20 x H 27 cm.
Materials: Tobacco high-temperature clay.
Reproduction is entirely manual, therefore it will be a v...
Category
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
$1,987 / item
Mirto Flower Vase a Ettore Sottsass Japanese Urushi Laquer Model
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Mirto flower vase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Marutomi. This model is limited Japanese urushi laquer model.
Japanese traditional urushi pigment is made from natural urushi tree,...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Plastic
Saturn's Return Plant Stand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Saturn's Return Plant Stand features a sliced steel sphere planter that hangs by delicate yet sturdy chain inside a solid steel rolled ring.
A smaller steel ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Steel
$1,420 / item
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
Sommerso, Blown Glass, Art Glass
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Lot of 3 Art Glass vases att. to Seguso c. 1980's
By Seguso
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional collection of three art glass vases, made in Italy, circa 1980's - attributed to Seguso. The vases feature a black glass bodies, with pink glass threading wrapped around ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Shiro Kuramata Acrylic Pink Vase, Large Japanese Postmodern
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shiro Kuramata acrylic pink vase large model. Mint condition. Pink and clear acrylic bock with glass tube.
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
Vintage Paolo Marioni Sculptural Face Vase Made In Italy Post Modern
Located in Lake Worth, FL
This Paolo Marioni sculptural face vase is a unique addition to any collection. Made in Italy during the post-modern era, this vase showcases intricate details that make it a true wo...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Alberto Churba Cylindrical Glass Vase
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Alberto Churba Cylindrical Glass Vase
This cylindrical glass vase, designed by Alberto Churba, is a representative piece of mid-20th-century Argentine design. Crafted from blown glas...
Category
20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Light 31 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Light 31 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 32 x H 32 cm
Material: White porcelain.
Laura Pasquino
Incorporating references from ancient Korean ceram...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
$3,964 / item
Set of Three Postmodern Vases by Heide Warlamis for Vienna Collection
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An outstanding set of three postmodern ceramic vases by Austrian artist and designer Heide Warlamis (born 1942). Part of Warlamis' Vienna Collection design series, these vases utiliz...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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, 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
$331 Sale Price
30% Off
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Çise
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand Made Ceramic Yüklü Collection Vase by İpek Çise
Dimensions: W 27 x D 26 x H 18 cm
Materials: Hand made ceramic.
About:
Born in 1995 in Türkiye’s Black Sea region, the artist s...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$1,952 / item
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
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Capsule Limited Edition Blue Vase 142/999
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
$1,464 Sale Price
43% Off
Strawberry Vase by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Strawberry Vase by Siup Studio
Dimensions: D11 x H20cm
Materials: Ceramics
Siup is a small design studio based in Warsaw. The concept is created b...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$177 / item
Peter Shire Pyramid Vase EXP 2010
By Peter Shire
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Peter Shire is a Los Angeles based artist. Shire runs Echo Park Pottery in Echo Park, California where he is originally from. Shire has been associated with the Memphis Group of desi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Vessel Small by Saturday Yard Work
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Vessel Small by Saturday Yard Work
Dimensions: W 10 x D 10 x H 15 cm
Materials: Aluminium.
Finish: Blackened texture.
SATURDAY YARD WORK by Nathan Martin is a Kaurna/Adelaide ...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Aluminum
$414 / item
Avedis Baghsarian aluminum “Saturn” vases set of five
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
A unique design by Avedis Baghsarian, this rare set of interlocking vases/candle holders/art objects includes five containers of different shapes and sizes that interlock into multip...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ajeto Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade Gold Plated Metal 1989 Czechoslovakia
Located in San Diego, CA
Colorless, transparent cobalt non-lead glasses, metallic gold; blown with hot applications, hand forged and gilded metal, adhered. Tall blown vessel consisting of two equal conical ...
Category
20th Century Czech Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Judith Stiles Postmodern Vase, New York Art Studio Pottery, 1980s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful vintage vase features hand painted abstract graphic designs in Postmodern style on ombre mauve pink background with turquoise rim and accent band on the bottom of the vase.
The vase is hand signed by the artist on the bottom.
Judith Stiles studied ceramic glazes under Susan Parks...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Ettore Sottsass - Fontana arte 2666
Located in Naples, FL
Made by Fontana Arte, Milan. Glass, blue and dark blue.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Post Modern Victor Carranza Minimalist Mikasa Art Pottery Cylinder Ceramic Vase
By Mikasa
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful post-modern minimalist style cylindrical vase designed by Mexican designer, Victor Carranza, and manufactured in Japan by Mikasa. This vase h...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
"Toute Petite Étrangeté" Cocoon Vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s
By Daum, Philippe Starck
Located in Lille, FR
"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s.
Signed.
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Postmodern Memphis Style Glazed Ceramic Vase by Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful ceramic 2 tone vase in postmodern design , by Jonathan Adler no chips or cracks.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
"Toute Petite Étrangeté" Cocoon Vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s
By Daum, Philippe Starck
Located in Lille, FR
"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s.
Signed.
Category
1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Essence of Form Brushstroke Cobalt Blue Handcrafted Vase by Onofrio Acone
Located in Geneve, CH
Essence of Form Brushstroke Cobalt Blue Handcrafted Vase by Onofrio Acone
One Of A Kind
Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 55 cm.
Materials: Ceramic.
ESSENCE OF FORM
An Exclusive Mediterranean ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Meritalia Half Ball, Small / Orange, Blue and Red by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, ON
Each vase by Edizioni del Pesce embodies a singular and unrepeatable identity, telling a different story through innovative shapes, intricate details and a varied chromatic range. Th...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin
Marchesa Rose Vase by Erica Zanella
Located in Geneve, CH
Marchesa Rose Vase by Erica Zanella
Dimensions: D 7 x W 26 x H 33 cm.
Materials: Plaster.
Marchesa showcases an organic, minimalist silhouette marked by its irregular curves and fl...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Plaster
$1,041 / item
Playground Grey Vase by Erica Zanella
Located in Geneve, CH
Playground Grey Vase by Erica Zanella
Dimensions: D 7 x W 25 x H 30 cm.
Materials: Plaster.
The smooth lines of Playground evoke a sense of gentleness The simplicity of its soft fo...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Plaster
$1,041 / item
Venini Murano Italy Glass Blue Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1992
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Ven...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Memphis Style Ceramic Vase Atzeco by Florio Keramia
Located in Debrecen, HU
Crafted by the esteemed Florio Keramia, this Memphis Style ceramic vase named Atzeco is a true embodiment of postmodern artistry. Its abstract design is complemented by a vibrant yel...
Category
1990s European Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black 74/100
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Black 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 100 units.
This...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$2,218 Sale Price
25% Off
Beige Stoneware Sfondyli I Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Stoneware Sfondyli I Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 30 x H 25 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, Beige, Brown, Red, Whit...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Capsule Limited Edition Blue Vase 158/999
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
$1,952 Sale Price
25% Off
Crystalline Glaze Ceramic Vase, Red and Beige, American Art Studio Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The monumental studio pottery ceramic vase is decorated with crystalline glaze in striking, dark red and beige palette. The vase was hand thrown on a wheel; beige color crystals on ombre colored base, shifting from purplish tones on top to deep, dark red on the bottom, were grown in a kiln during a very long, controlled firing. Each crystalline piece is unique due to the nature of the glaze. The vase was allowed to develop an abundance of distinct, graphic crystals, creating a free-flowing abstract pattern and adding rich texture to the minimally shaped piece.
The vase was made by Wizards of Clay...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
A Memphis Milano Alcor glass vase designed by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Oxford, GB
A Memphis Milano Alcor glass vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, made by Compagnia Vetraria Muranese, designed 1983, clear, green and opaque white glass swollen panels, applied with bl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Signed Tessa Fuchs Vintage British Art Studio Pottery Bowl or Dish, circa 1980s
By Tessa Fuchs
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
British art Studio Pottery by artist and sculptor Tessa Fuchs (1936-2012), produced circa 1982. Tess Fuchs was born in Chesire and studied at the Sa...
Category
1980s British Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
$595 Sale Price
30% Off
Ettore Sottsass Shiva Limited Edition Black Prototype 2/8
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Black 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 100 units.
This...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$1,847 Sale Price
37% Off
Post Modern Black Gold Glazed Stoneware Op Art Cylinder Face Vase With Handles
Located in Miami, FL
Stunner done this Stoneware Vase in shiny glazed Black and Gold Color, front with Tribal Face and Handles.
Ideal for Flowers or create a spectacular focal point vase piece on your li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware, Paint
Sven Hofverberg, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A semi-glazed grey brown beige stoneware vase designed and produced by Sven Hofverberg, Sweden c. 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Finnish Yellow & Violet "Amphora" glass vase by Markku Salo for Nuutajärvi, 1990
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Yellow and violet hand made glass vase model 'Amphora' design by Markku Salo in 1990 for the finnish Glasswork Nuutajärvi. Medium size. Very good ...
Category
1990s Finnish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Blob Vase by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Blob Vase by Siup Studio
Dimensions: D12 x W17 x H15cm
Materials: Ceramics
Siup is a small design studio based in Warsaw. The concept is created by th...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$177 / item
Set of Three 1980s Blue Green Ceramic Vases / Candle Sticks
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Set of three handmade Danish ceramic vases / candle sticks with graphic decor using the raw ceramic as part of a straight lined pattern resembling a landscape or a sunset. Same stylized decoration in blues and aqua green on all three vases. A small handmade ridge on the inside of each item makes for perfect placement of tea lights.
A 80s ceramic...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
$318 Sale Price / set
36% Off
Urn by Rick Owens
By Rick Owens
Located in Geneve, CH
Urn by Rick Owens
2007
Dimensions: L 34 x W 34 x H 57 cm
Materials: Bronze
Weight: 37 kg
Available in Black finish or Nitrate (Dark Brown) finish.
...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
$17,453 / item
Red Stoneware Sfondyli I Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Stoneware Sfondyli I Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 30 x H 25 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Bla...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Mohammed Ahmed Abdalla Abbaro pottery /ceramic vase. Mo Abbaro. Sudan
By Mohammed Abdalla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very interesting vase with a what appears to be a glass glaze on the top blue. This vase looks like double cone or even like mushroom shape. Or vase with skirt . This vase ...
Category
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
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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