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
Tylissos Vessel 8 by Georgiev Zabeta
Located in Geneve, CH
Tylissos Vessel 8 by Georgiev Zabeta
Dimensions: Ø 8 x H 12 cm.
Materials: Wheel-thrown stoneware clay and glaze.
Georgiev Zabeta is a multidisciplinary practice that floats within ...
Category
2010s Bulgarian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Vase Tapio Wirkkala & Dorothy Hafner for Rosenthal Studio, New Wave Series 1980s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage vase for flowers in textured glazed porcelain by Rosenthal, Century New Wave Series, c.1980s.
This work of Postmodern design captures collaboration of American and Finnish ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Black Stoneware Sfondyli Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Stoneware Sfondyli Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 27 x H 23 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, White, Brown, Red, White ...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
2000s Cenedese Italian Pair of Aquamarine Blue Rostrato Murano Glass Ovoid Vases
By Cenedese
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Venetian modernist vases signed Cenedese with an interesting elongated modern organic shape, in a sophisticated azure turquoise color, in blown Murano glass worked with ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Postmodern Memphis Design Art Ceramic Decanter Vase, Signed TL
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Postmodern Memphis Design Art Ceramic Decanter Vase. Stamped TL on the bottom. Made in Belgium, 1980's / 90's period. Beautifully made large art pie...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Fiorucci Canister Italy, c. 1980
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a tall metal canister with a matching lid by Fiorucci, made in Italy circa the 1980s. The image is repeated on both sides.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Steel
Queen Green Vase by Purho
Located in Geneve, CH
Queen green vase by Purho
Dimensions: D20 x H30 cm
Materials: Glass
Other colors and Dimensions are available.
Purho is a new protagonist of made in Italy design , a work of s...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Blue Inside Out Bowl by Karen Chekerdjian
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue inside out bowl by Karen Chekerdjian
Dimensions: 31 x 14 cm
Materials: Blue sodalite
Also available: Red, black, tobacco brown marbles
The value of change in a simple ac...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
Ohio Crystal Vase, Hand-Sculpted Contemporary Crystal
Located in Geneve, CH
Ohio crystal vase, hand-sculpted contemporary crystal
Decorative vase
Hand-sculpted in crystal
Measures: W 11, H 25.8, D 11 cm.
The sculptural and masculine reflections Copenha...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Op Art Porcelain Gold Sun Eye Vase by E.A. Sundermann for Fürstenberg
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Op Art Porcelain Vase by E.A. Sundermann for Fürstenberg. Made in Germany 1960's / 70's period. White porcelain with gold sun eye print front and back. This comes in very goo...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Spaghetti Vase (Large), Clear Blue and Matte Lime by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Toronto, CA
Clear Blue and Matte Lime 'Spaghetti' Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
*All the pieces are handmade and therefore unique. Variations...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin
Vintage Sommerso Italian glass centerpiece from the 60s
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Italian Sommerso Glass Centerpiece 1960s
This exquisite Italian sommerso glass centerpiece is a true work of art that exudes sophistication and refinement. Handcrafted on the...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Boccato, Gigante & Zambusi Post-Modern Ceramic Vase for Sicart Italy
Located in Tilburg, NL
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
Large Stone Bathtub by Studio Loho
Located in Geneve, CH
Large stone bathtub by Studio Loho
Dimensions: D 85 x W 175 x H 57 cm
Materials: stone
Other stone types are possible upon request.
Available in 2 si...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone
Rolf Palm, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1968
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable grey-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Rolf Palm, Mölle, Sweden, 1968.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
White Stoneware Kados Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
White Stoneware Kados Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 30 x H 25 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, White, Grey, Brown, Red, Whi...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
American Studio Ceramic Raku Pottery, Lidded Vessel
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Beautiful and expertly crafted lidded vessel on 3 legs.
American studio pottery. Copper flash Raku.
Signed by artist on underside of lid.
Has a brown appearance then when you get...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Medusa Vase by Casa Alfarera
Located in Geneve, CH
Medusa vase by Casa Alfarera
Dimensions: D45.7 x H48.3 cm
Materials: Matte Black glaze
The Medusa Vase is a large flower pot or decorative piece that ta...
Category
2010s Dominican Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
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
Rare Model 585 Vase by Ettore Sottsass for Il Sestante, Italy, 1960
Located in Dronten, NL
Oxblood red vase model 585 designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1960.
Realized circa 1961 by Società Ceramica Toscana di Figline for Milanese gallery Il Sestante in different colors.
Signe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Black Stoneware Sfondyli Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Stoneware Sfondyli Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 27 x H 23 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, White, Brown, Red, White ...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Set of 3 Parova L Vases by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 parova vases by Zieta
Dimensions:
vase 1: H: 60cm,W: 22 cm, D: 16cm
vase 2: H: 35cm, W: 24cm, D: 17cm
vase 3: H: 85cm, W: 19cm, D: 13cm
Materials: stainless steel.
Zietas ...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stainless Steel
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
Vintage Italian Bassano Ceramic Pair of Black White Faces Bust Shape Large Vases
Located in New York, NY
1980s pair of huge Italian ceramic vases/planters jardinieres, entirely handcrafted in Vicenza, Italy, signed Bassano Limited Edition, in reverse iconic black and white decor, they r...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
American Designer, Large Floor Vase, Ceramic, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A large brown and beige hand-painted floor vase, designed and produced in the US, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
Big Coral Vase by Dzovag Kotchian
Located in Geneve, CH
Big Coral Vase by Dzovag Kotchian
Dimensions: W 12 x D 12 x H 40 cm
Materials: Stabilized Raw Clay, Metal.
Dzovag Kotchian's work develops through theoretical reflection and artist...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Yellow Opaline Hand Blown Glass Jug with Murrines and Silver Flakes
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
It is made in yellow opaline handblown glass with murrines and silver flakes in two different shades.
This jug features a ribbed handle.
It is a vintage item, ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver Leaf
Untitled No. 54 Vase by Marea Hildebrand
Located in Geneve, CH
Untitled No. 54 Vase by Marea Hildebrand
Handmade
Dimensions: D 38 x W 38 x H 32 cm
Materials: Stoneware with slip.
Marea Hildebrand (b. 1989) is a Zurich-based ceramic artist with...
Category
2010s Swiss Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Contemporary Sculpted Light Brown Ceramic Oval Large Vase by Willem Van Hooff
Located in Geneve, CH
Ovas Large Vase by Willem Van Hooff
Dimensions: W 38 x D 10 x H 65 cm (Dimensions may vary as pieces are hand-made and might present slight variations in sizes)
Material: Glazed Cera...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Terracotta Moon Jar No 9 by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Terracotta Moon Jar No 9 by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 14 x H 18 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Local Terracotta Clay from the Island of
Crete
Growing up in Greec...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Mandruzzato Murano Sommerso Glass Vase Textured Sides, Italian Vintage, 1970s
Located in Valencia, VC
A stunning Murano glass vase by Mandruzzato. Hand-produced in Venice circa the 1970s.
Measurements:
Height: 22.50cm (8.85 in.)
Width: 13cm (5.10 in.)
Depth:: 6cm (2.35 in)
This va...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Querandi decorative glass vase
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Decorative glass vase Querandi
Beautiful vase has a smooth and shiny surface. Its body is rounded and tapers slightly towards the top before opening into a narrower neck. The color o...
Category
20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
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
Blue Ombre Jupiter Vase by Elyse Graham
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue Ombre Jupiter Vase by Elyse Graham
Dimensions: W 28 x D 28 x H 30.5 cm
Materials: Plaster, Resin
MOLDED, DYED, AND FINISHED BY HAND IN LA. CUSTOMI...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin, Plaster
Ettore Sottsass Pink 'Shiva Vase' for BD Barcelona, Spain, 1971
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Ettore Sottsass ceramic pink 'Shiva Vase' designed in 1971 and produced by BD Barcelona, Spain. The vase will ship in the original box and is in excellent condition.
Sottsass: “I continue to produce small, small, small architectures, such as this ceramic piece, for example, a little like monuments, a little like tombs, a little like the abandoned temples of the gods, a little like the ruins of the ancient and unknown civilization in which something –the say– was known; it is said that they understood the axes, the curves, the intersections, perhaps even the causation of the courses of the cosmic bodies, along which each day slide the private vertices of the atoms that make up our fragile flesh and...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Haeger Beige Ecru Oblong Abstract Postmodern Vase
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
A stunning abstract Haeger beige/ ecru vase, medium size. In great condition, no crazing, chips or cracks. This piece coordinates with four other matching vases, listed separately, s...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
A 1990s Modern Hand Blown Glass and Silver Vase By Sottsass Associati for Egizia
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Memphis Milano style glass and silver vase designed by Flavia Alves De Souza component of Sottsass Associati for Egizia. The vase it's in perfect condit...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
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
White Stoneware Sfondyli Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
White Stoneware Sfondyli Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 27 x H 23 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, White, Brown, Red, White ...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Moon Jar in Raw by Solem Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Moon Jar in Raw by Solem Ceramics
Dimensions: Ø 42 x H 42 cm.
Materials: Red stoneware, white slip, glaze
This Jar is also available in Gloss and Obsidian finish. Please contact us.
...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Murano Glass Bottle with Stopper Green Red Blue by Franco Moretti 1980s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
An early 1980s Venetian bottle in Frosted Murano glass in a vibrant orange and emerald green with an elegant, sophisticated stopper worked with the fr...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Homescape Vase by Ella Bulley
Located in Geneve, CH
Homescape Vase by Ella Bulley
One Of A Kind.
Dimensions: Ø 13 x H 22 cm.
Materials: Stoneware clay.
Ella Bulley is a Material Design Studio based in London, creating work that frequ...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
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
Post Modern Ikebana Vase by Libby Ware
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly graphic post-modern ikebana ceramic vase by known U.S. artist Libby Ware. The vessel is cylinder like evoking a variety of ideas. The deep dark g...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
1980s Pink Mottled Glass Vase by Mdina Glass, Malta
By Mdina
Located in Glasgow, GB
A tall stemmed bud vase, handcrafted in the late 1980s by Mdina Glass, Malta.
Crafted from pink opaque glass perfectly mottled and encased in a sheath of crystal clear glass.
The...
Category
1970s Maltese Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Untitled No. 5 by Elke Sada
Located in Geneve, CH
Untitled No. 5 by Elke Sada
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 55 x D 56 x H 16 cm
Materials: black grogged clay, coloured slips, transparent glaze.
What is fa...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Wine Gum 2 Vessel by Casper Johs
Located in Geneve, CH
Wine Gum 2 Vessel by Casper Johs
Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 39 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
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
Bronze Vase and Pocket Emptier, Italy, 1980
Located in Weesp, NL
Stylish, classy and rare bronze pocket emptier designed by Esa Fedrigolli and made in Italy in the 1980s. This beautiful piece comes in it's original gi...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
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
Handcrafted Yellow Beige Art Glass Vase Kosta Boda Style, 1980s
By Kosta Boda
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted rectangular beige art glass flower vase in Kosta Boda style.
In the style of Designer Bertil Vallien Art glass vase, circa 1980 for Kosta Boda.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Huge Signed Barbini Asymmetrical Modernist Murano Glass Vase
By Barbini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very large, asymmetrical modernist Murano glass vase.
It's reminiscent of the style of the 1980s Memphis Design school.
The large scale of this vase simply makes it a comman...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Post Modern Hand Painted Corrugated Cardboard Vase by Flute, Chicago, c 1989
Located in Miami, FL
Post-Modern decorative sculpture vase, rendered in hand painted and lacquered corrugated cardboard, signed by artist, produced by Flute, Chicago, 1989.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Post Modern Black High Gloss Circular Vases, a pair
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Beautiful pair of gloss black post modern vases. In great vintage condition. Simple shape with a striking bold finish. The gloss creates a perfect mirror in the light.
11” wide by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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
Amethyst Babà Sculptural Vase by Alice Crepaldi
Located in Geneve, CH
Amethyst Babà Sculptural Vase by Alice Crepaldi
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 20 x H 40 cm.
Materials: Murano glass and metal.
Adorned with a slightly shorter yet elegant stem, this i...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Churba Psychedelic Kinetic Glass Vase
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Churba Kinetic Psychedelic Glass Vase
Blown glass vase by Alberto Churba, design from the 1960s. The piece features an elongated cylindrical shape, with a defined base and neck in op...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Murano Italy Green Glass Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1996
By Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and prod...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Pavot Vase II by Pauline Pietri
Located in Geneve, CH
Pavot Vase II by Pauline Pietri
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 17 x H 26 cm.
Materials: Paper pulp and bio-based paint.
Eco-designed vase based on paper pulp - cardboard, paper, newsp...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Paper
Untitled No. 47 Vase by Marea Hildebrand
Located in Geneve, CH
Untitled No. 47 Vase by Marea Hildebrand
Handmade
Dimensions: D 38 x W 38 x H 32 cm
Materials: Stoneware with slip.
Marea Hildebrand (b. 1989) is a Zurich-based ceramic artist with...
Category
2010s Swiss Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Beige Stoneware Krater Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Stoneware Krater Vase by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 25 x H 30 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware
Available finishes: Black, Beige, Brown, Red, White Pa...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Woman 209 Vase by Karina Smagulova
Located in Geneve, CH
Woman 209 Vase by Karina Smagulova
One of a Kind.
Dimensions: Ø 11 x H 31 cm.
Materials: White stoneware.
With an Armenian and Kazakhstan heritage, ...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Set of 4 Striped Iridescent Black Ceramic Vessels Contemporary Modern
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A set of 4 striped iridescent ceramic vessels. This beautiful set of vases feature a gorgeous striped finish with glowing iridescent strips throughout. This set features a variety of...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Olivier Gagnère - Vase “Bas-reliefs” - Galerie Maeght
Located in PARIS, FR
Olivier Gagnère, Bas-relief vase, 1989.
Model created for Galerie Maeght and published in limited edition.
Made in white patinated terracotta.
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Maeght.
French p...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Tall and Decorative Murano Glass Vase Italy 1990s
Located in Munich, DE
Tall and highly decorative Post-Modern Murano Glass vase with lovely colors. Made in Italy, 1990s.
Executed in thick, multi-colored Murano-Glass.
Dimensions:
H 11.82 in. (30 cm)
W ...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Small Post-Modern Patchwork Italian Marble Vases / Candleholders
Located in San Diego, CA
A small pair of post-modern patchwork Italian marble vases, circa 1970s. Gorgeous tan, brown, white, cream and blue patches of marble throughout each...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
Beige Stoneware Coiled Moon Jar by Elena Vasilantonaki
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Stoneware Coiled Moon Jar by Elena Vasilantonaki
Unique
Dimensions: ⌀ 23 x H 27 cm (Dimensions may vary)
Materials: Stoneware, Earthenware
Available finishes: Experimental Glaz...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware, Stoneware
Rectangular Transparent Murano Glass Vase by Carlo Moretti, Signed, Italy 1990s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
Made in hand-blown, polished Murano glass.
It is signed by Carlo Moretti.
This vase might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considere...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Postmodern Brown and Orange Glazed Ceramic Vase by Giovanni Bertoncello
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Giovanni Bertoncello, 1970s.
It is made in brown and orange hand-glazed ceramic.
This vase is signed on the bottom.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show s...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Blue Dahlia Vase by WM Metal Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue 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
Petite Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous petite post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1970s. Striking black and white flecking throughout the dark green background on this piece...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
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