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
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
Flo Travertine Vase by Un’common
Located in Geneve, CH
Flo Travertine Vase by Un’common
Designed by Małgorzata Korycka.
Dimensions: D 6 x W 20 x H 18 cm.
Materials: Travertine.
This is the first vase among Un’common’s products. It is ma...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Travertine
$459 / item
Overscale Whimsical Postmodern Studio Pottery Vase Sculpture by Gail Kendall
Located in Miami, FL
Overscale Whimsical Postmodern Studio Pottery Vase Sculpture by Gail Kendall
Offered for sale is a large whimsical Postmodern studio pottery sculptural vase by the recognized sand ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Bespoke Wire Sculptural Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique and rare, this beautiful piece is sculptural as it is figural. Wire has been modeled to create waves that shape the vessel. Lightness conforms the piece as the edges solidify ...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wire
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Kazuko Matthews Post Modern California Studio Stoneware Teapot with Lid
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Flattened stoneware Post Modernist teapot with lid by California architectural artist Kazuko Matthews. Teapot measures 16" by 12" by 4" and is signed ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
$825 Sale Price
50% Off
Anodised Aluminium Planter / Vessel Multi-Coloured from Cosmos collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Cosmos extends the exploration into manually anodised aluminium pieces. Building on the success of Grow-UP planters for MCQ in 2021, the collection showcases abstract anodising dye p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Aluminum
Fulvio Bianconi, "A Spicchi", 1953
Located in Paris, FR
Fulvio Bianconi
'A Spicchi' Vase, c. 1953
Execution: Venini, blown glass, purple, pink and blue.
Signed: Original label and signature (Picture 4)
H : 36 cm (14.17")
Overall Ver...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Vitrix Hot Glass Studio Op-Art Bud Vase, New York Art Glass
By Thomas Kelly
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare fused glass bud vase features colored swirls of teal blue and off-white glass placed in abstract graphic pattern along the lines of the piece, with the whole structure enclosed ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Rare Orange Murano Glass Vase by Ercole Barovier model "Rotellati", Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is an extremely rare vase, designed by Ercole barovier for Barovier's company in Murano.
It is made in hand-blown glass, with a tile composition that req...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
V21404 Vessel in Oxidized Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21404 Vessel in Oxidized Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Dimensions: D 18 x W 14 x H 18 cm.
Materials: Oak wood.
In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a l...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Oak
Handcrafted Floriform Blue and Clear Cased Murano Style Art Glass Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful handcrafted controlled bubble floriform clear cased art glass vase or votive or paperweight.
Beautiful Bohemian blue blown glass small vase or candle holder made in heavy thick art glass in a ruffled tulip shape.
This large votive or vase has a beautiful blend of blues with a clear glass outer and bottom.
Decorative art glass hand blown with controlled bubble paperweight...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Handmade Rimini Blue Lacquered Ceramic Jug by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Handmade in Italy, 1970s.
This jug is made in Rimini blue lacquered ceramic.
It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in excell...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Medusa Black Vase by Casa Alfarera
Located in Geneve, CH
Medusa black vase by Casa Alfarera
Dimensions: D 45.7 x H 48.3 cm
Materials: Matte black glaze
The Medusa Vase is a large flower pot or decorative p...
Category
2010s Dominican Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$3,111 / item
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
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
$1,850
Lalique France “Nymphale” Black Crystal Vase, post-1945
By Lalique
Located in Hampstead, QC
Lalique France “Nymphale” Black Crystal Vase, post-1945.
A bulbous-shaped black crystal vase with a flared rim featuring moulded frosted butterflies.
DIMENSIONS:
Diameter: 7.5 i...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
DYKA Vase by ZEMNA
Located in Geneve, CH
DYKA Vase by ZEMNA
Designed by Tetiana Krasutska.
Dimensions: D 10 x W 30 x H 30 cm.
Materials: Clay.
Each object in the DYKA collection is unique because it is sculpted by hand fr...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
$744 / item
Akosombo Landscape Vessel by Ella Bulley
Located in Geneve, CH
Akosombo Landscape Vessel by Ella Bulley
One Of A Kind.
Dimensions: D 8 x W 13 x H 21 cm.
Materials: Stoneware clay.
Ella Bulley is a Material Design Studio based in London, creatin...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
$1,051 / item
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
$1,744 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Indian Summer Vase (Large), Clear Pink and Matte Lime by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, CA
Indian Summer Vase, size Large, in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
* All the pieces are hand-made and therefore unique. Variations in the hu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin
Cocao Vessel by Ella Bulley
Located in Geneve, CH
Cocao Vessel by Ella Bulley
One Of A Kind.
Dimensions: Ø 14 x H 28 cm.
Materials: White stoneware clay.
Ella Bulley is a Material Design Studio based in London, creating work that f...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
$2,114 / item
Short Vessel Large by Saturday Yard Work
Located in Geneve, CH
Short Vessel Large by Saturday Yard Work
Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 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
$730 / item
A Huge POST-MODERN PLANTER or VASE by GUY LEFEVRE for MAISON JANSEN, France 1970
By Guy Lefevre
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant and generous cylindrical planter with a golden border, Art-Deco, Modernist, Shabby-Chic, in mirror polished steel enhanced with a golden square section border, brown plast...
Category
1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal, Brass
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
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
Cassola Vase by Jenna Basso Pietrobon
Located in Geneve, CH
Cassola Vase by Jenna Basso Pietrobon
Dimensions: D 30 x H 31 cm
Materials: Ceramic.
Jenna Basso Pietrobon, born in 1986, is an artist whose work delves into societal issues through the lens of her personal experiences. She offers an unfiltered critique of political, economic, and social systems, employing a diverse range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, psychology, performance, and activism. While pursuing her Master's in Fine Arts at Columbia University in New York, she was profoundly influenced by her professors Sarah Sze and Rirkrit Tiravanija...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$1,819 / item
Fulvio Bianconi, "A Spicchi", 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Fulvio Bianconi
'A Spicchi' Vase, c. 1950
Execution: Venini, blown glass, purple, pink and blue.
Measure: H : 19 cm (7.48")
Overall Very good condition
A piece both highly ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Vintage Perfume Bottle Yellow and Blue Art Glass - Signed Tati 1997
Located in Glasgow, GB
A small yellow and blue art-glass perfume bottle, signed and dated.
A striking blend of two glass tones: a rich, yolk-like yellow glass forms the majority of the bottle, contrastin...
Category
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
$122 Sale Price
40% Off
Studio Art Pottery Vase, Green, Brown, Tan, Hand-crafted, Postmodern
Located in New York, NY
Postmodern studio art pottery vessel/ vase. The glazed areas of green contrast beautifully with the unglazed tan clay. This is a striking piece that looks wonderful as part of a grou...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
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
$412 / item
Fulvio Bianconi Murano Venini Glass Bottle Vase, 1984
Located in Hampstead, QC
Fulvio Bianconi is one of the most prolifdic post-war artists to work in collaboration with the Venini glassware company, a giant of 20th century glassmaking. His works are featured...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
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
Small Breakout Vase in Gypsum & Fiberglass by Brent Warr Studios
By Brent Warr
Located in Bainbridge, GA
The Small Breakout Vase by Brent Warr is a sculptural statement piece that embraces organic form and material experimentation. Hand-shaped from a proprietary blend of gypsum, pulp, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Fiberglass, Plaster, Paint
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
1980s Vistosi Post Modern Purple Wine Color & Crystal Murano Glass Round Vase
By Vistosi
Located in New York, NY
A unique blown deconstructed creation by Vistosi in Memphis Group style worked with an unusual and rare technique, the decor in the crystal clear Murano glass organic body consists o...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Small Artificial Formations Concrete Vase by Davide Ronco
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Artificial Formations Concrete Vase by Davide Ronco
Dimensions: D 30 x H 42 cm.
Materials: Concrete.
Available in white and black. Please contact us.
Concrete, the most wide...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Concrete
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
$176 / item
Joel O'Dorisio for Lost Angel Glass Bud Vase, American Studio Art Glass, 2005
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Fused glass vase features complex multilayered colored glass core in dark Bordeau or burgundy red, cream, and sapphire blue colors, encased in clear glass in sommerso technique. Com...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Rock Vase (Large), Black and Matte White by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, CA
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
*All the pieces are handmade and therefore unique. Variations in the dimensions, hues and colours’ d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin
Venini Murano Italy Glass Blue Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1992
By Venini, Paolo 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
Wine Gum 6 Vessel by Casper Johs
Located in Geneve, CH
Wine Gum 6 Vessel by Casper Johs
Dimensions: Ø 38 x H 26 cm.
Materials: Wine gum and resin.
The vivid and colorful universe was the start of an in-depth investigation of the possibi...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Other
$1,039 / item
Fide Bottle by Paola Paronetto
Located in Geneve, CH
Fide Bottle by Paola Paronetto
Dimensions: D 20 x H 60 cm
Materials: Paper clay.
Also available in different dimensions. Please contact us.
The world of reference is the consolidat...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Paper, Clay
$1,826 / item
Ettore Sottsass Alessio Sarri Pottery Centerpiece Italian Postmodern Memphis
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage Ettore Sottsass ET4 postmodern centerpiece with lopsided walls and garden green glaze produced by Alessio Sarri, circa 1980's. 4 3/4" high, 9 3/4" wide, 9 3/4" deep. Excellen...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Etna Volcano Vase by Paola Paronetto
Located in Geneve, CH
Etna Volcano Vase by Paola Paronetto
Dimensions: D 25 x H 57 cm
Materials: Paper clay.
High base.
Also available in different dimensions. Please contact us.
In Paola Paronetto's imagination, the Sicilian volcano takes on infinite poses, as many as the shades of its changing nature, sometimes gentle and silent, sometimes superb and a little imperious. The beautiful thing is that there is always room for a flower, or two, or three...
Paola Paronetto
Paola Paronetto was drawn to the world of ceramics at a very young age, learning clay working techniques from the hands of master ceramists. Her free and inquisitive soul led her to experiment with different materials and expressive techniques, until her encounter with paper clay. The idea of a material that naturally evades the rules fascinates her. In the early 2000s, in her ceramic workshop in Porcia, where she still lives and works today, the "Cartocci" collection was born. Solid objects, yet as light and thin as paper where her complete creative world lies: the affinity with a technique that requires layering and waiting, the search for forms that allow themselves imperfections, her sense for the solidity of colour. Today her art work in paper clay travels the world, freely intertwining with contemporary art and design. They are exhibited in in select showrooms, galleries and museums (or museum shops) in Italy and abroad. They participate in the most important international design events, flirting effortlessly with other worlds. The Ille Arts gallery in New York and the Contemporary Ceramic Centre in London have dedicated a solo exhibition to Paola Paronetto. ADI Design Musem - Compasso d'Oro in Milan hosted her first anthological exhibition in Italy in 2021. Her work and her world of inspirations are collected in the photographic book 'Paola Paronetto. Metafore', presented at the Triennale Milano...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Paper, Clay
$1,807 / item
Joel O'Dorisio for Lost Angel Glass Vase, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Fused glass vase features complex multilayered colored glass core in ruby red, beige, cream, and deep cobalt blue colors, encased in clear glass in sommerso technique. Inclusion of ...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Swedish Designer, Vases, Fossil Stone, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A set of two fossil stone vases designed and produced in Gotland, Sweden, c. 1970s.
Smaller Vase Dimensions (inches): 4” H x 2.4” W x 1.9” D
Larger Vase Dimensions (inches): 6.4” H...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone
Tapio Wirkkala and Dorothy Hafner Vase for Rosenthal
Located in Oslo, NO
Refreshing vase from the 'Century New Wave' series in porcelain.
Designed by Tapio Wirkkala and Dorothy Hafner. Made by Rosenthal from 1985.
The vase is an exemplary piece from...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Lacquered Ceramic Vase by Laveno Chinoiserie Style, Italy
By Lavenia
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s - 1950s.
This blue lacquered ceramic vase by Laveno, Italy.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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
Gold Dahlia Vase by WM Metal Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Gold Dahlia Vase by WM Metal Design
Dimensions: D 14 x W 11 x H 22 cm.
Materials: Metal.
Available in gold, rose gold, blue, red, and silver. Please ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
$649 / item
Sculptural Wave Lantern Vase by Donatas Zukauskas
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural Wave Lantern Vase by Donatas Zukauskas
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 21 x H 51 cm.
Materials: Recycled paper.
All products are handmade and unique, so they may differ sligh...
Category
2010s Lithuanian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Paper
"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 Geometric Ceramic Vase Signed Baldelli
By Baldelli
Located in Miami, FL
Designed and manufactured by the Baldelli Family of Italy, this saucer like vase has a Postmodern design over a blue gray finish, circa 1980s.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Turquoise and Yellow Art Glass Bottle, Strata by Mdina c. 1970s Malta
By Mdina
Located in Glasgow, GB
A tall, sculptural bottle with spherical stopper, handcrafted by Mdina Glass during the mid-1970s. This design, known as Strata—and sometimes referred to as Sea and Sand—was introduc...
Category
1970s Maltese Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Raw Rosalin L Light Pink Mouth Blown Crystal Glass Vase Vessel by Milena Kling
Located in Geneve, CH
Raw Rosalin L Vase by Milena Kling
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 16 x H 40 cm.
Materials: Mouth-blown crystal glass.
Each RAW Vase is one of a kind and personally signed by Milena Kl...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Fine Handcut Crystal Grand Rochester Perfume Flacon
Located in Geneve, CH
Fine handcut crystal grand rochester perfume flacon.
Materials: Fine handcut crystal.
Dimensions: D 9 x W 27.8 x H32 cm.
Weight: 3.68 kg.
Reflec...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
$1,607 / item
Large Studio Pottery Vase by Marlene Jack
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
This commanding studio pottery vase is the work of Virginia artist Marlene Jack, a nationally recognized ceramicist whose practice merges Eastern aesthetic philosophy with American s...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Beige Stoneware Amphora Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Stoneware Amphora Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 16 x H 36 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, Beige, Brown, Red, Terraco...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
$1,096 / item
Rare Post-Modern Artist Signed Ceramic Raku 1980s Pottery Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
A unique rare tall Raku fired art pottery vase, circa 1980's. This piece is 11.25" tall, 3" wide and 10.5" deep and is in good vintage condition. The iridescent and mottled colors, a...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Iridescent "Northern Lights" Art Glass Fan Vase by M.J. Bailey
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning iridescent footed art glass vase by M.J. Bailey, circa 1990s. The vase is in very good vintage condition and measures 14.5"W x 8"D x 7"H. it has a wonderful yuellow / gree...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
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