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Urns For Sale
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Pair of English Regency Lidded Urns, 19th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
Exuding timeless elegance, this exceptional pair of lidded urns hails from 19th century England, possibly originating from an esteemed estate or country manor. Crafted during the 186...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Regency Antique Urns
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century Lacquer and Bamboo Betel Box, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Betel Box, Kun It
Burma
Late 19th/early 20th century
Bamboo, lacquer
H: 7.5 in x D: 8.5 in :: 19 cm x 21.5 cm
Intricately painted motifs (including chili seed pattern, Nga Y...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Antique Urns
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Cypriot Byzantine Limestone Mortar with Craved Abstract Decoration
Located in Stamford, CT
A very interesting Byzantine Cypriot limestone mortar with unusual hand carved decoration on all four sides. It is possibly a re-purposed capital, the top hollowed out at some point ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cypriot Classical Roman Antique Urns
Materials
Limestone
Pair 19th Century Sevres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Urns in Louis XVI Style
Located in New York, NY
Pair 19th Century Sevres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Urns in Louis XVI Style, cartouches signed Marchand with spurious Sevres marks on underside.
Category
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Terracotta potpourri vase pierced cover Caryatids Neoclassical urn
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Terracotta potpourri vase with cover Neoclassical urn
Style: Neoclassical, Antique, Louis XVI, Antique, French
Design: In the manner of Amphora Austria, George Klimt...
Category
19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Large French Sevres Style Bronze Mounted Hand Painted Porcelain Lidded Urn
By Melo
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a large and heavy French Sevres style patinated bronze mounted porcelain lidded urn. It is hand painted in a white and sky blue background. It depicts a scene of an 18th cent...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Contemporary White Blue Porcelain Vase/Jar by Master Artist, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese porcelain decorative three-piece raised lidded jar/vase, hand painted in auspicious underglaze blue and white , depicting scenes from Japan's countrys...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Urns
Materials
Porcelain
French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Glazed Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and glazed Porcelain lidded centerpiece/urn. The Turquoise colored lidded bowl is made of Chinese glazed porcelain and is r...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Urns
Materials
Ormolu
Pre-Order Omoide, Obvara , Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Omoide ~ (思い出) - memories
The passing of a loved one will always be a defining moment in a person's life. The Omoide Urn is a one of a kind ceramic piece that offers a focal point ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Urns
Materials
Copper
Antique Pair English Porcelain Green Samuel Alcock Vases Urns Still Life Flower
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality identical pair of English rococo revival twin handle mantle vases, firmly attributed to Samuel Alcock, circa second quarter of the 19th century.
Eac...
Category
19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair Of 19th Century Ormolu & Bronze Ewers In The Renaissance Style
Located in Dublin, IE
With classical scenes depicting frolicking cherubs in relief, the top surmounted with a musical bronze cherub on a vine cast handle with bird and ram masks on a domed and vine cast c...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Unusual Pair of 19th Century Paris Vases
By Old Paris
Located in London, GB
A sophisticated pair of Paris porcelain: Campana vases on bases. The body is hand-painted with elaborate flower panels and the rims of the vases are adorned with retrousseed leaves. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Edwardian Cast Iron Garden Urns, England, circa 1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A large pair of late Edwardian English cast iron garden urns dating to the early part of the 20th Century. Of neoclassical shape, they are in lovely condition, repainted over the yea...
Category
20th Century British Edwardian Urns
Materials
Iron
Large Contemporary Cast Bronze Krater Urn on Pedestal with Mythological Figures
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large contemporary classical themed cast bronze urn on pedestal with lion handles. Featuring a tall silhouette, this exquisite urn was cast w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Urns
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Censer Mid-Century Bronze with Asiatic Lion and Gilt
Located in Lomita, CA
Bronze and gilt detailing combine to make this Chinese censer a beautiful decorative cast bronze accent. The bowl and cover are cast with various object...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Cloisonne Pot
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Antique Chinese Cloisonne Pot. It shows very detailed hand craft works of cloisonne art - a lot of Chinese traditional f...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Metal
French Siena Marble Tazza Urns Charles X
Located in Newark, England
Applied Lyre Decoration
The pair stood upon four cast Bronze feet with a pedestal Siena Marble foot with an applied bronze scrollwork border. The central square column with a bronze Swan neck lyre harp bordered by floral swags to the front of the vase. The base of each Tazza Urn cast in Bronze with Ram’s head twin loop handles and a floral band surmounted by a tapered Siena Marble Core finished with a Bronze liner. The Tazza Urns dating to the first half of the 19th century during the latter reign of Charles X circa 1830.
Bronze an alloy consisting primarily of copper with approximately 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon depending on the age of the bronze and its origin. The additions of other metals produce a range of alloys that are usually harder than copper alone and carry useful properties such as strength. The earliest known use of bronze dates to the 5th millennium BCE from Iranian plateau, the bronze mix consists of arsenical copper and copper-arsenide. The earliest tin-copper-alloy recovered is dated to circa 4650 BCE and was found in Plocnik, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted from a natural tin-copper ore.
Sienna Marble consists of various dark yellow and gold colours, it is extremely heterogeneous due to the presence of grains with shades ranging from ivory white to light yellow to a reddish yellow ocher and is usually an intense marble.
Lyre a stringed musical instrument part of the lute-family and consists of two arms and a crossbar with strings. The Lyre has featured on classical objects like the pair of vases above for thousands of years. They were commonly used in several ancient cultures surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The earliest known examples of the lyre have been recovered at archaeological sites that date to c. 2700 BCE in Mesopotamia.
Charles X (Charles Philippe 1757-1836) was the King of France during a short reign between 1824 to 1830. He was the uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Charles (as heir-presumptive) became the leader of the ultra-royalists which was a radical monarchist faction within the French court. The ultra-royalists declared absolute monarchy by divine right and opposed the constitutional monarchy concessions towards liberals and the guarantees of civil liberties granted by the Charter of 1814. Charles gained...
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Metal, Bronze
Vintage Puiforcat France Silver Plated Display Bowl Tazza
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly elegant silver plate coupe bowl/tazza by Puiforcat, France. Jean Puiforcat designed this elegant piece in the 1930s, the Art Deco period. Puiforcat France continues editin...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Urns
Materials
Silver Plate, Enamel
Antique Indian 19th Century Iron Lidded Water Vessel with Brass Accents
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian iron lidded water vessel from the 19th century with brass geometric accents and tapering lines. This alluring antique Indian iron lidded water vessel from the 19th ...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Urns
Materials
Iron
19th Century English Cut Glass Decanters with an Elongated Neck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English cut glass decanter.
Attributed to F. & C. Osler.
With an elongated neck, diamond cut facets, bulbous bodies, and star cut bases.
Monogrammed to the bo...
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Urns
Materials
Cut Glass
Carved Stone Planter
Located in Chicago, IL
A simple yet chic 20th century hand-carved limestone planter with the most wonderful rough-hewn surface. Perfect for planting your favorite an...
Category
20th Century Rustic Urns
Materials
Limestone
Pair of Midcentury Porcelain Chinese Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel with this colorful pair of porcelain chinese vases; created in China, circa 1970. The urn shaped vases are decorated with floral motifs and patterns. They are furth...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Large Belle Époque Cast Iron Urn
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
No matter the scope of your garden and landscape, urns are an opulent way to enhance your space. In the height of culture in the 19th century, there was no better way to portray luxu...
Category
19th Century American Belle Époque Antique Urns
Materials
Iron
Large Urn 'Argenta' by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
Large and Beautiful Urn made by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg Studio in Sweden, 1930s. Argenta glazed stoneware.
Excellent condition. Impressed 'Gustavsberg' and "HANDDREJAD".
Wilhel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Pair of French Ormolu and Marble Urns Signed Sanglan, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Exquisite 19th century pair of French Napoleon III ormolu-mounted green marble urns, signed “SANGLAN.”
The foliage decorated ormolu lid is topped by resting bee above an ovoid-shaped marble, flanked by vine and foliate handles, centred by lovebirds, all resting on an octagonal marble and gilt bronze base.
Ernest Sanglan...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Bronze and Marble Neoclassical Pitchers
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Bronze and Marble Neoclassical Pitchers
Stock Number: DA164
Category
19th Century French Antique Urns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Neoclassical Polished Iron Campana Form Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel or buffet with this elegant pair of classical Roman antique urns. Crafted in France circa 1870, each vase stands on an integral platform square base, over a gadroon...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Iron
Small Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Small vase by Milan Pekar
Dimensions: D10 x H22 cm
Materials: Glaze, porcelain
Hand-made in the Czech Republic.
Also available: different colors and patterns
Established own studio August 2009 – Focus mainly on porcelain, developing own glazes. Mould makings, and Slip casting. Milan Pekar is an award-winning product designer. Assistant professor at Studio of Ceramics and Porcelain...
Category
2010s Czech Modern Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Boho Henderson Iron Works Petal Urns - Set of Two
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous set of two vintage urns. Made from a heavy case iron and painted white. An all over patinated rusty finish from time. Made by the Hinderson group in New Orleans and marked...
Category
Early 20th Century American Urns
Materials
Iron
Gilt Bronze Champleve and Capodimonte Porcelain Pair of Small Urns
By Capodimonte
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Champleve and Capodimonte porcelain small urns. It depicts a pair of urns with colorful champleve pattern of flowers and scrolls at the ne...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Delft Blue and White Porcelain Jars
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of early 20th century Delft blue and white porcelain jars. circa 1920. A timeless and classic touch for a fine interior.
Category
20th Century Urns
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Marble and Bronze Cassolette Urns Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French bronze mounted urn form cassolettes with beautiful deep red and orange veined polished marble. Nicely detailed cast floral garlands, and large foliate h...
Category
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Pair Austrian Royal Vienna Beehive Porcelain Gilt Mounted Table Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Imposing and Stunning Pair Austrian Hand Decorated pale yellow ground porcelain and gilt mounted twin swan neck scroll handle Table or Mantle Urns of traditional form, now convert...
Category
19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Urns
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of White Cast Iron Urns, French Early 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
These white-painted cast iron urns are a beautiful example of French design. They have a timeless quality that makes them a perfect addition to any garden or outdoor space. The urns ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
Vintage Neo Classical Urn, Continental, Decorative Ornament, Grand Tour, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage neo-classical urn. A Continental, Bakelite decorative ornament in Grand Tour taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Striking forms, with serpentine f...
Category
1930s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Urns
Materials
Bakelite
Raaquu Raku Fired Omoide Urn in S/N8000088 Art Series, Malaysia
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Omoide ~ (思い出) - Memories
The passing of a loved one will always be a defining moment in a person's life. The Omoide Urn is a one of a kind ceramic piece that offers a focal point ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Urns
Materials
Copper
19th Century Ribbed Polychrome Delft Urn with Lid Featuring Lion Finial
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Ribbed Polychrome Delft Urn with Lid featuring Lion Finial.
Category
19th Century Antique Urns
Materials
Delft
Raaquu Urn Set - Smoked Raku - Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
This is a set of 3 urns that are made of the following pieces :
*Heiwa - Peace*
Our Heiwa urn is a mid sized urn that has a unique lipped design where ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Urns
Materials
Copper
Pair 19th Century Neoclassical Style Italian Plaster Urns with Flame Finials
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Italian neoclassical style urns in relief that can either stand on their own or hang from the wall as decorative elements. Quite handsome, with acanthus leaf decoration and f...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Urns
Materials
Plaster
Spool Vase by Faissal El-Malak
Located in Geneve, CH
Spool vase by Faissal El-Malak
Dimensions: 35 x 15 x 30 cm
Materials: Ceramic
Faissal El-Malak is a Palestinian designer who was brought up between Montreal Canada and Doha Qata...
Category
2010s Emirian Modern Urns
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Marble and Ormolu Cassolettes Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French bronze mounted urn form cassolettes with beautiful rose colored marble and nicely detailed cast floral garlands. Removable lids with flame finials. Smal...
Category
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Large Decorative Black Enamel Urns with Brass Detail
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of large decorative black enamel Guild Master urns with brass details. Interior is lined with brass.
Additional Dimensions:
bottom base 5.5" diam x 10"H
top 6.5"H
Category
20th Century Spanish Urns
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Metal Urn Finished in Antique Bronze
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Metal Urn Finished in Antique Bronze. Lead with pull ring.
Category
2010s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Urns
Materials
Metal
Raaquu Raku Fired Omoide Urn in S/N8000129 Art Series, Malaysia
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Omoide ~ (思い出) - Memories
The passing of a loved one will always be a defining moment in a person's life. The Omoide Urn is a one of a kind ceramic piece that offers a focal point ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Urns
Materials
Copper
Wedgwood Black Basalt Two-Handled Urn
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
A remarkable example of Josiah Wedgwood's legendary ceramic art, the importance and rarity of this urn vase simply cannot be overstated. Black basalt refers to the fine-grained stoneware developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1760s that was inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt...
Category
19th Century English Antique Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Neat stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund, in a drop form. Glazed eggshell white over a subtle graphic pattern.
Gunnar Nylund was one of the most influential ceramicists and designers of the Swedish mid-century period. He was Rörstrand’s creative leader from 1931 until 1949 and as such propelled the artistic work at the factory and served as mentor to younger artists, among them Carl-Harry Stålhane and Hertha Bengtsson.
Nylund was a dedicated functionalist, who brought ideas of democratizing stoneware and creating beautiful, qualitative and affordable everyday items for the people to Rörstand in the mid-1920s. The factory had at the time lost its former leading market position, but Nylund’s efforts gave it a great reboot. He designed ceramic kitchenware...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Stoneware Bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful stoneware bowl by Gunnar Nylund, in an oval boat shape with an undulating edge. Large size. Purple and blue glaze with nuances of brown.
Gunnar Nylund was one of the most influential ceramicists and designers of the Swedish mid-century period. He was Rörstrand’s creative leader from 1931 until 1949 and as such propelled the artistic work at the factory and served as mentor to younger artists, among them Carl-Harry Stålhane and Hertha Bengtsson.
Nylund was a dedicated functionalist, who brought ideas of democratizing stoneware and creating beautiful, qualitative and affordable everyday items for the people to Rörstand in the mid-1920s. The factory had at the time lost its former leading market position, but Nylund’s efforts gave it a great reboot. He designed ceramic kitchenware...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns
Materials
Stoneware
Late 19th Century French Terracotta Confit Pot
Located in Winter Park, FL
A large earthenware confit pot from the Southwest of France with traditional yellow, ochre glaze. One of the tallest I have ever seen at 14" high. Some chips and hairline and losses ...
Category
Late 19th Century European French Provincial Antique Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Raaquu Raku Fired Omoide Urn in S/N8000126 Art Series, Malaysia
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Omoide ~ (思い出) - Memories
The passing of a loved one will always be a defining moment in a person's life. The Omoide Urn is a one of a kind ceramic piece that offers a focal point ...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Urns
Materials
Copper
Large 19th C. Japanese Brown Glazed Terracotta Pot
Located in Southampton, NY
One Large 19th C. Japanese Brown Glazed Terracotta pot
A dark glaze over partially unglazed terracotta. An interesting and unusual design which looks like Japanese...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Urns
Materials
Terracotta
Large Important Japanese Meiji Satsuma Covered Urn with Foo Dog
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Important Japanese Meiji Satsuma Covered Urn with Foo Dog.
Large impressive Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Satsuma porcelain covered urn...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Large Neoclassical Style Painted Cast Iron Garden Urn
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Heavy and large painted cast iron garden urn or jardinaire constructed in the neoclassical taste. The grand urn features applied acanthus scrolled handles on each side of the body. T...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Iron
Bronzed Metal Urn Burl Column Neoclassical Style, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A bronzed metal urn attached to a black wood column plinth base with a brown laminated veneered burl, in the Neoclassical design style, circa 1970s. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Metal
Kioku Small Ceramic Urn - Carbon Copper - Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Kioku - Remembrance
The Kioku urn is a small palm sized urn that is formed with an organic spherical shape. This urn is very suitable for the remains of pets, or for shared remembr...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Urns
Materials
Copper
Heiwa Ceramic Urn, Obvara, Ceramic Raku Pottery
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
Heiwa - Peace
Our Heiwa urn is a mid sized urn that has a unique lipped design where the lid goes into the body of the vase. This urn has a rounded knob cover holder and can be se...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Urns
Materials
Copper
Giant Antique Art Glass Factice Perfume Apothecary Display Bottle Jar Urn Stand
Located in Thiensville, WI
Giant antique heavy art glass urn/factice/apothecary jar, with cap/topper and metal stand. Beautiful Art Deco decorative statement piece that can be used in a variety of ways; to display herbs and botanicals or scent an entire space. Simply fill the large glass structure with your favorite botanicals or fragrance, and keep the stopper inserted until you are ready to release some fresh fragrance. Can be filled with regular or colored water if desired. Can also be used as a vase to display a floral arrangement.
Lightweight metal stand has a light beige/gold-toned color to the exterior and remains unfinished at the backside. Carved art deco design inclusive of long lines that begin at three separate curved clawfoot style feet and lead upward to distinctive fan pattern details that hold glass urn in place. Metal stand allows for glass urn to have an almost levitating appearance when placed inside. Some pieces are marked/labeled at backside with, "0-1" & "0-2". Glass urn features a curved/rounded design with a wide belly and pointed base. Circumferential groove details at top portion of urn with a heightened neck/mouth for matching stopper.
Giant factice fragrance bottles...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Urns
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Single Rusty Cast Iron Urn, French early 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
This cast iron urn is a beautiful example of French early 20th-century design. It has a timeless quality that makes it a perfect addition to any garden or outdoor space. The urn is m...
Category
Early 20th Century French Urns
Materials
Iron
Monolith by Bravo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Monolith by Bravo Studio
Monolith FF1
Materials: Cobarbalita stone
Dimensions: Ø12.5 × 2.5 cm
Monolithic objects in Cobarbalita stone
This new series of objects developed b...
Category
2010s Chilean Modern Urns
Materials
Stone
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.