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Urns For Sale
Escalier de Cristal x E. Leveille & E. Rousseau, Chrysanthemums Pot-Pourri Vase
Located in PARIS, FR
A magnificent collaboration between renowned glassmakers Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé and François-Eugène Rousseau, this exquisite pot-pourri urn is a testament to the Japonism period st...
Category
1880s French Japonisme Antique Urns
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Richard Haining STACKED Pronghorn Vessel, Alaskan Cedar, Yakisugi, Available Now
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Richard’s work is driven by the concept of renewal—transforming salvaged materials into functional & decorative art that embodies beauty, craftsmanship, & environmental mindfulness. ...
Category
2010s American Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Wood, Hardwood, Ebony, Maple, Oak, Walnut, Cedar, Fir,...
Pair of Exceptional Georgian Style Carved Walnut Urn Form Knife Boxes
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very fine and rare pair of Urn Form knife boxes with telescoping lids and myriad cut-outs for utensils in the interior. Urn shapes with both lids and urns made in sections. The lid...
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian Urns
Materials
Walnut
Large Royal Copenhagen Crackle Glazed Lidded Urn. Thorkild Olsen, Denmark, 1951.
Located in Malmö, SE
Elegant Royal Copenhagen crackle glazed lidded urn with gilded banding on foot, rim and lidd.
Designed by THORKILD OLSEN (1890-1973) for ROYAL COPENHAGEN. Made in Denmark, 1951. Make...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large Pink Stone Mortar 17th Century
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
This French marble mortar is an impressive piece that blends historical craftsmanship with natural beauty. Its massive, solid form is enhanced by a rare and striking color palette, f...
Category
17th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Stone, Marble
A Pair of 19th Century Paris Porcelain Urns
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1860
A pair of mid ninetieth century urns decorated with maritime scenes, painted with ships and palm trees in a fantasy landscape, with stylised handles and bearded m...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Baluster Vase, Decorative, Oriental, Ceramic, Urn, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage baluster vase, a highly decorative, oriental ceramic urn dating to the mid 20th century.
Of classic form and in good proportion
...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Oscar Bach Style Neoclassical Footed Bronze Censer
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Neoclassical style bronze censer featuring lion heads and paw feet
In the manner of Oscar Bach
USA, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 5.5"W x 5.5"D x 12.25"H.
Very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Bronze
Mn L Big Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Mn L big vase by Josefina Munoz
Mn LARGE collection
Dimensions: H 35 x D 18 cm
Material: Ceramics (Black Sandstone and Transparent Enamel)
Available in: Small, and Medium.
...
Category
2010s Swiss Post-Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Exceptional Carrara White Marble Vases Grand Tour
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional pair of vases in the shape of a cantharus.
From a foot with overlapping moldings like strips, woven ribbons and acanthus leaves, a smooth stem rises, tapering towards t...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases are truly a product of exceptionally skilled artisans! Thrown on a larger scale, the graceful form of each porcelain urn is centuries if not ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Small Vintage Posy Vase, Chinese, Cloisonne, Display Urn, Art Deco, Circa 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small vintage posy vase. A Chinese, cloisonné display urn, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Petite yet ornate vase, with charming ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Blue/ White Porcelain Covered Urns
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Presenting a stunning pair of 19th century Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Tall Covered Decorative Urns. These exceptional urns showcase a timeless aesthetic with their intri...
Category
19th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This blue and white baluster jar was made in the Jiangxi region of China. The landscape scenes hand painted by feathery brushstrokes are richly evocative and bring to mind ancient Ch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Amalfi Coast Lemons in Blue Faux Stone Vases
Located in New York, NY
Amalfi Coast lemons in blue faux stone vases. Vintage Bundles of very real looking and vibrant faux lemons mixed with pine cone faux artichokes. Superb ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Urns
Materials
Paint
Czecholovakian Art Deco Hand Crafted Cream and Umber Ceramic Vase by Royal Crown
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco ceramic vase was realized by the esteemed atelier of Royal Crown in Czechoslovakia circa 1930. Suggesting a modern interpretation of the classic Greek amphora vase...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19th/ early 20th Century Large Red Lacquer Offering Tray, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Red Offering Tray, Burma
Late 19th/early 20th century
Bamboo, lacquer ...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Urns
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
18th Century Polychrome Delft Urn With Lid
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A beautiful polychromed urn with lid. Lots of nice colors.
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Urns
Materials
Delft
Vintage Chinese Ceramic Decorative Tureen with Abstract Tribal Motif
Located in Austin, TX
A vintage Chinese decorative tureen that's very 'of the moment' with it's animal motif in browns, blacks, creams and gold. A stunning and versatile accent piece for any room. A beaut...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Anglo Raj Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Impressive Pair of Artisan Neoclassical Malachite Urns 20th-Century
Located in New York, NY
Pair of beautifully crafted Neoclassical style urns in polished malachite, Italian from the second half of the 20th century. These are absolutely magnificent and would be showstopper...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Urns
Materials
Malachite
19th Century Bronze Mortar with Pestle Apothecary Set
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An antique bronze mortar with original pestle which has two side handles and incised detail. This set, found in Denmark, would be a great addition to an existing collection of these ...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Urns
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Pair Set 2 French Confit Pot Yellow Glazed Pottery Provincial c1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century PAIR Set 2 French Confit Pot Yellow Glazed Pottery Provincial
Direct from France, this is for two antique French confit pots, al...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu / Porcelain Pair Urns / Side Handled
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Immerse your space in opulence with this captivating pair of Louis XVI style bronze-mounted porcelain urns. Each urn is a masterpiece, adorned with a meticulously crafted bronze-moun...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Rare Austin Production Sculpture Claw Foot Bowl/Jardiniere
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
RARE AUSTIN PRODUCTION SCULPTURE
CLAW BOWL / JARDINIERE
Impressed mark
Rafael S.
Austin Sculpture, 1997.
Shaped as a roman Krater raised on four claw footed base,
plaster body with moulded laurel leaf band...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Grand Tour Urns
Materials
Plaster
Handblown Murano Glass Vase With Scrolled Arms in the Manner of Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
This large hand blown vase /urn features a pale iridescent celadon green glass with a scavo finish.It features a scrolled arm design. This is a stunning piece that will make a great ...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Glass
Diminutive Stoneware Urn Vase, Wilhelm Kage, Argenta, Gustavsberg, Sweden c1959
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Tiny sprigs of flora adorn this diminutive piece from the Argenta series by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg, Sweden
Wonderful mottled glaze decorated with applied silver decoration
Circ...
Category
1950s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Silver
Pair 19th Century Cloisonne Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century Cloissone vases is an extraordinary example of the breed, displaying its well-preserved, rich coloration and exhibiting a large format design theme celebrating the ...
Category
1890s French Meiji Antique Urns
Materials
Brass, Enamel
19th century Chinese Export Blue/ White Porcelain Large decorative Urn/ Piece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This 19th century Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Decorative Urn is a stunning example of fine craftsmanship and intricate artistry. The urn boasts beautiful hand-painted flo...
Category
19th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Flora And Fauna Stoneware Urn Vase, Wilhelm Kage, Argenta, Gustavsberg, c1949
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Delicate sprigs of wildflowers and tiny insects adorn this piece from the Argenta series by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg, Sweden
Wonderful mottled glazed stoneware vase decorated wit...
Category
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Silver
Neoclassical Style Pair Of Urn Vases
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Maitland Smith Pair Of Blue Vases. It depicts a pair of royal blue urn shaped vases with handles decorated with a white relief of Roman neoclassical like scenes with nudes ...
Category
20th Century Thai Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Gustave Asch Blue Ceramic Vases Wine Grapes and Leaves
By Gustave Asch
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of signed and numbered Gustave Asch porcelain vases crafted by Gustave Asch in the late 19th century. Each vase is highlighted with cascading wine grapes, branches and leaves, a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Black Basalt Water and Wine Ewers
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of Black Basalt Sacred to Bacchus and Neptune Ewers
Wedgwood
Dated 1870
These extraordinary ewers are masterfully crafted in the renowned Sacred to Neptune and Sacred to Bacchu...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Stoneware
Large Studio Pottery Japanese Style Ceramic Vase by Gail Markiewicz
Located in Miami, FL
Large Studio Pottery vase or vessel in a Japanese style. This large Japanese style ceramic vase is handcrafted in organic, contemporary, vintage and Mid-Century Modern style.
Very d...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Pair 1920's Art Deco Wedgwood Urns/ Brass Handle Detail / Smaller Size/ Signed
By Wedgwood
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair Antique Wedgwood Bone China Blue Urns with Brass Handles and Base. Signed and in ready to show condition. Smaller sized, highly detailed.
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Satsuma Vases - Individually Priced
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pair of Japanese Satsuma vases, from the early 20th century, each featuring a glazed and gilded design of the “Immortals” – characters who displayed such greatness that they a...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Green Moorish Ceramic Urns with Chiseled Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large green Moorish ceramic Urns chiseled with Arabic calligraphy poetry writing.
Handcrafted vases from Fez Morocco etched with Arabic calligraphy.
This kind of Art Writing looks ca...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Italian Yellow and Green Earthenware Glazed Urns with Removable Lids
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian, Yellow and Green, Earthenware Urns with Removable Lids. The pair are identical and in very good vintage condition.
We consider ours ideal as they come with lids (T...
Category
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Urns
Materials
Earthenware
French 19th Century Napoleon III Sévres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Urn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th Century Napoleon III Sévres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Covered Urn, the 360 degree painted urn centered with an 18th century scene of a young Princess...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Urns
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Neoclassical 19th Century Baluster Urns with Low-Relief Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Neoclassical zinc baluster urns from the 19th century with low-relief décor. This pair of French Neoclassical zinc baluster urns from the 19th century captivates wit...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Zinc
Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Bronze Mounted White Marble Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of fine antique (late 19th century) urns in the Louis XVI style crafted from white marble with gilt bronze mounts with neoclassical motifs including floral swags, berry vines an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Moorish Glazed Ceramic Vase with Arabic Calligraphy Black Writing Fez
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic is called...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Byzantine Style Marble Baptismal Font on Later Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Byzantine style carved marble Baptismal font on later cast stone stand. Four lion leads Circumnavigate the font. Foliate and Byzantine Carving Th...
Category
19th Century Unknown Medieval Antique Urns
Materials
Marble
Vintage Chinese Sculptural Crackle Glaze Chinoiserie Ceramic Urn
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage piece of ceramic chinoiserie. This beautiful urn is sculptural as it is versatile. Traditional chinoiserie profile and lines define this beautiful piece while the...
Category
1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Emile Gallé, Vase Glycines Wisteria Purple Cameo Acid Etched Glass
By Émile Gallé
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Glycines" (Wisteria) made in multilayer purple and white cameo acid-etched glass.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition.
height : 33 cm
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Urns
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Antique Japanese Porcelain Blue White Edo Period Arita Jug Ewer Figural, 17th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Rare & Beautiful Arita Japanese Porcelain Jug . Scene with figures and birds in a landscape.
This 17th Century Japanese Export Porcelain Jug or Ewer, Arita Kilns c.1670-1690 is pain...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Figurative Pastoral Scene Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white porcelain urn decorated with a detailed and lively scene of people gathering in a pastoral Setting and blue...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Decorative Urn / Red Marble Base
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This distinguished 19th-century French neoclassical bronze urn, with its beautifully aged patina, is crafted in a classic krater form adorned with intricate reliefs of ancient Greek ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair Of Marble And Bronze Cassolettes, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of green marble cassolettes with rich gilded bronze ornamentation: women's heads, goats' feet, lid with pine cone
Good general condition, some chips in the marble
19th century...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vase Sfumato, Cirillo Maschio, Attributed Aquamarine with Morisa Murano, 1920s
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This vase shows many features that are on the Marinuzzi Zecchin vessel production. It's costolato sfumato with typical hansw handles and the curl at the upper end.
Has the costolato...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Monumental Anglo Indian Polychromed Rajasthan Bulbous Covered Tole Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental Anglo-Indian Polychromed Rajasthan Bulbous Covered Tole Urn
India, Circa 1960s
A monumental example of Anglo-Indian workmanship, this polychromed Rajasthan bulbous cove...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Urns
Materials
Metal
Modernist Bowl by Lorenzo Burchiellaro
Located in New York, NY
A modernist bowl by artist Lorenzo Burchiellaro. Textured cast aluminum colored in earth tones. Signed underneath Burchiellaro.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Pair of Ruby Ground French Porcelain Covered Vases, Samson, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Famille rose style covered vases on bronze mounts.
Category
1880s French Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Large Japanese Ceramic Oribe Sculptural Vessel by Shigemasa Higashida
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large ceramic lidded vessel with striking sculptural form by contemporary Japanese potter Shigemasa Higashida (1955-). Hand-built and with drasti...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Light Green-Black Jade Lidded Urn
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a lidded light green-black color jade urn adorned with multiples branches of kelp leaves that are attached to it. The urn stands over an asymmetrical ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Jade
Large Antique Japanese Carved Studio Porcelain Yellow Covered Urn Vase
Located in Wilton, CT
Large Japanese studio porcelain covered vase with finely carved decoration of birds amidst foliage set against a cheerful yellow ground, circa 1910. Measures: 18 1/2" high, 11 1...
Category
1910s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Vintage Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Chinese Blue and White Qilin Fantail Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
A parade of Qilin, Chinese mythical creatures symbolizing magnificence, joy and benevolence, march around this hand painted porcelain fantail vase. It is a wonderful example of conte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of 19th Century Italain Medici Urns on Sienna Marble Bases
Located in Hudson, NY
This impressive and large pair of decorative urns from the grand tour are designed to recreate the famous Medici Vase. The grand vase a 1st cen...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Old Hollowed Out Tree Stump Vessel
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This unique planter brings a touch of rustic charm and natural beauty to any outdoor space. The weathered wood and natural imperfections create a sense of time-worn elegance, perfect...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Urns
Materials
Wood
Antique and Vintage Urns for Sale
Decorative vases and antique and vintage urns are statement objects for the home that can date back centuries. Ranging from pieces with intricate, hand-painted details to more minimal forms with abstract shapes, decorative vases and urns come in a range of styles and sizes.
An urn is a type of vase that typically has a cover, a narrow neck and a round body, sometimes with a footed pedestal. However, when a vessel is called an urn, this often denotes its purpose rather than its origin or shape. One of the urn’s most crucial roles was and remains to be to hold the ashes of people for funerary rites. Another type of urn is adorned with figures that tell a story or show a scene.
Some of the earliest vases were formed from clay or metal-like bronze. Mesopotamians used them not only for decoration but also for storage. In ancient Greece, vases and urns frequently depicted stories from mythology, showing images of the gods and heroes. In ancient Egypt, vases such as the amphora had ceremonial purposes.
Over time, vases grew in popularity among artists as a different kind of canvas for expression. Unlike many of the ancient examples, these vases were not always functional but instead made for a striking addition to one’s decor. Even a plain, solid-colored vase can add color or style to a room. Metal urns are elegant additions to your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn.
Every interior designer will tell you that decorative objects are what make a house a home. Decorative objects trumpet the homeowner’s personality while bringing a room to life. For designers, they present an opportunity to express their creative vision.
When looking for a decorative vase, it’s important to note the design and also the size and shape. Decorative vases vary from those with a wide base to those with long slender necks. Browse decorative vases and an extensive ceramic urn collection on 1stDibs.