Painted Vases and Vessels

An exceptionally fine and beautifully preserved pair of late 19th-century antique French opaline glass handles vases, measuring 25 cm in height, 15 cm in width (including the handles...

Rare example of an early English Chinoiserie Masons Ironstone China twin gilt handled Vase of compact proportions decorated in the Japan “Fence P...

Rare design by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Rimini Blue ceramic footed vase with geometric motifs, Italy, 1960s This stunning glazed ceramic vase has a pattern with circles in dark blue with rhombus inside in shades of green / turquoise color accented by decorative flowers. Excellent vintage condition. This piece is perfect as a gift idea and it could placed alone or with other 'Rimini Blu'Bitossi pieces creating a set. Display it in a cabinet or on a console table, with flowers or just as a cool decorative vase. Measures: 22 cm height x 18 cm diameter (8,66 in height X 7,08 in diameter ) More Bitossi Aldo Londi pieces are avaliable at our 1stdibs marketplace. About Bitossi (Manufacturer) Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass. The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.” But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...

Jacob Petit (1796–1868) Pair of 19th-Century Rococo Revival Porcelain Vases This pair of mid-19th-century porcelain vases was produced by the French porcelain manufacturer Jacob Pet...

We offer for sale a splendid vase made in Italy, as attested by the signature at the base, between the 60s and 70s. made by an unknown manufacturer, this vintage vase has an unusual ...

A Pair Hand Painted Royal Vienna Porcelain Two-Handle Vases , Circa 1880s Measure 6" in width, 6" in depth and 10.15" in height.

A stunning and rare antique Doulton Burslem porcelain gourd shaped lidded jar decorated in the oriental taste and dating from around 1890. The jar is of squat rounded form standing o...

Stunning Antique Brownish-Green / Olive Green Tinted Glass Jug, Gilt and Enamelled in Red, Black, Gold, and White, Circa Late 19th Century. This exquisite piece features a hand-pain...

A vibrant statement porcelain piece featuring large sculptural blooms that wrap the body of the vessel. The narrow bottle neck is perfectly sized for a single stem or small arrangeme...

Limited production of French tole hand painted cachepot in chinoiserie style. Available in different colors. Round shaped with scalloped top.

Vintage ceramic Lion head planter, circa 1950s Fabulous statement planter fully stamped Italy Great condition, inner very clean Small scuff to...

On offer is an antique French porcelain opaline glass vase, manufactured around the late 19th to early 20th century in the classic Sèvres or Limoges romantic style. The vase’s hand-p...

X-Large Swedish antique Art Nouveau period jardinère by Alf Wallander (1862-1914) for Rörstrand. Cream white glaze with a band of orange ochre fish on shiny kobalt blue background. O...

A fine Burmantofts Faience art pottery vase decorated with a sun burst pattern and dating from around 1890. The earthenware vase stands on a narrow round foot with a slightly recesse...

A red veraci vase designed and hand-crafted in San Marino in the Fifties, it's in perfect condition overall. It is a vibrant and eye-catching piece of ceramic art. Hand-painted in bo...

Bring sculptural color and texture to a tabletop or mantel with this elegant antique French barbotine jardinière, crafted in Montigny-sur-Loing circa 1860. The oval vessel is richly ...

Midcentury pattern Vetrata vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Italy. Black and blue on a brushed background.

A monumental pair of antique Japanese Imari porcelain floor vases, Meiji Period (circa 1880–1900). These exquisite floriform trumpet-shaped vases are masterfully hand-painted in ric...

This pair are charmingly painted in oval reserves with mother and child within a gilt jeweled border, and verso with wild flowers. Each domed cover is painted correspondingly with a ...

An exceptionally attractive vase from the famous Znaim ceramics manufactory in present-day Czech Republic, made around 1900 in pure Art Nouveau style. The vase has a classic basic s...

A Large Chinese Famille Verte 19th century. Colorfully enameled with elegant gathering of the literati in the rock garden, The neck applied with twin gilded mythical beast ha...

Unique Surrealistic Faience / Majolica Vase-Pitcher with Seahorse Handle by Alabbo Amalki, RC Italy A very unique and highly decorative faience (majolica) vase-pitcher, showcasing a...

Stunning Bohemian pedestal glass vase with 'schwarzlot' (black ink) and gold designs with front decoration of a young woman in medieval costume, next to a blooming tree. Haida Steins...

A Fine quality Sèvres-style ormolu-mounted porcelain bleu vase. The oviform vase flanked by ormolu garlands, finely painted floral design. Date: Late 19th century Origin: French ...

Limited production of French tole hand painted cachepot in chinoiserie style. Available in different colours and decorations. Round shaped with scalloped top.

Pair Antique Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases Measures 5" in width, 5" in depth and 8" in height.  

This exquisite Ludwig Moser opaline glass vase, crafted in Karlsbad during the mid-19th century, is a remarkable example of fine Bohemian glass artistry. The elegant white opaline bo...

This is a stunning example of 1970s Italian ceramic art, a beautifully sculpted and richly finished porcelain vase from the renowned artisans of Nove San Marco. The piece captures th...

Large handmade vintage Turkish floor vase. Hand-carved stylized floral incisions filled with light and dark blue glaze on the warm white base creating an abundance of different types...

1950s handmade, hand-painted ceramic Mediterranean style pitcher vase. Simplistic red brick colored flowers on green stems on warm cream yellow base. Beautiful vintage condition. D...

This is a very rare, highly individual and very decorative, very large Lidded Vase in the Chinoiserie style with applied dragons, made by Mason's Ironst...

This 20th-century Anatolian earthenware storage jar is a beautifully crafted vintage clay vessel that brings an authentic touch of Turkish heritage to any rustic, Mediterranean, farm...

an amazing set of 2 STUDIO KERAMIK FLOOR VASES by Atelier Herta Huber Roethe Landshut 1950s Manufacturer HUBER ROETHE Design Period 1950 to 1959 Production Period 1950 to 1959 C...

Turi Gramstad Oliver Lidded Jar for Figgjo Flint, Norway, 1960s. Signed with makers mark to the bottom.

Very Large Pair Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Ormolu Vases French, Late 19th Century Height 164cm, width 58cm, depth 46cm This remarkable pair of large vases is created in ...

Black art nouveau vase by Upsala Ekeby manufactured in the 1940s. Soft shaped ceramic vase with a mother of pearl like black shine, sea foam green flared top edge and small ear-like ...

19th century Antique French Majolica Barbotine ceramic wall pocket flower vase "Confetti" . Direct from FRANCE, gorgeous hand painted design on ...

This antique planter is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1890 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The planter is composed of Maj...

This striking mid-century modern handled jug vase is a rare piece from the Hellas series by Ruscha Keramik, Germany. Crafted in ceramic, the vase showcases a bold, tapered silhouette...

This is a very rare and large Covered Vase by Mason's Ironstone pottery, England, dating to the Late Georgian Regency period , circa 1825. This piece is very well potted with a vertically fluted body sat on a low foot with two substantial handles either side. The domed lid has six small air holes in it and a large knob...

Monumental 19th century Sèvres Neoclassical-style vase with mauve ground French, c. 1878 Height 152cm, width 72cm, depth 66cm This remarkable Sèvres vase, dating back to 1878, was ...

Explore the charm of this exquisite antique German porcelain decorative vase, adorned with intricate hand-painted floral and foliate scenes on both sides. Each detail is rendered in ...

A beautiful Art Deco / Swedish Grace stoneware vase with amazing green glaze and hand-painted sterling silver decor, hence the name 'Argenta'. Made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg in ...

Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez. Moroccan Glazed Ceramic Vase with Arabic Blue Writing from Fez Morocco. Moorish Granada style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with A...

A wonderful collection of three Dartington pottery mottle glazed small studio pottery bottle vases by renowned master potter Alan White (British, b. 1949) and probably dating from th...

A superb antique 19th-Century Delft faience floral cobalt blue and white pitcher. Signed on the reverse. This gorgeous wine jug or ewer has a w...

Famille Verte style porcelain temple jar. Crafted in China towards the end of the 20th century in the 1970s. This piece is made from white undergl...

This magnificent Antique Chinese Famille-Rose porcelain Ginger Jar was 100% hand made and hand paint from famous Chinese Famille-Rose Porcelain. It has beautiful hand painted foo dog...

Large early 20th C painted terracotta olive jar. Would make a great lamp base. 1910. Reference: 8178 Dimensions 27 inches (69 cms) High 20 inches (51 cms) Diameter

Pair of 19th century Coalport scenic cabinet vases, each one with a blue-gray background, finely gilt and painted with oval landscape vignettes,...

Superb pair of Japanese large Meiji period Fukagawa signed porcelain vases (circa 1900). Intricately hand-painted in cobalt blue underglaze with polychrome and gold overglaze on a st...

A pair of hand-painted and glazed porcelain bottle shaped vases with figures.

Vintage French ceramic flower-motif pitcher by La Roue, Vallauris, France (circa 1960s). A charming, decorative piece with rustic and colourful details throughout. The ceramic is of ...

Monumental Mid-Century Modern Ribbed Ceramic Floor Vase with Drip Glaze, West Germany Style A striking monumental ceramic floor vase executed in a classic Mid-Century Modern West Ge...

A charming pair of Chinese porcelain lidded jars with hand-painted decoration of a village.

A Meissen Double-Cornucopia Floral Porcelain Vase with Cherubs German, Early 20th century Height 20cm, width 19cm, depth 12cm This intriguin...

Take your pick from our most unusual pumpkin patch! This ceramic Jack-o'-lantern, part of our Pumpkin Patch Collection, blends the rich textures and traditions of South Africa with t...

This is a large ceramic vase in the style of the Qing Dynasty. The piece was created by traditional skilled craftsmen with fine handcrafted details. The shape of the vessel is a mod...

Vase Blue Fishes Medium with all structure in porcelain, hand-painted porcelain and with solid bronze base and details.

Large turquoise ceramic Art Deco vase. Made in France 1920s. This vase was made by Longwy for Atelier Primavera, the design studio of the Paris department store Les Grands Magasins d...