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1940s Murano Animal Glass Vase, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A unique Murano glass vessel that can be used as a vase, bottle or a candle holder in the shape of some kind of mystical fox in the front and a boat shape at the same time. Produced ...
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Mid-20th Century Vases

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Murano Glass

French Dore Bronze Mounted Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Covered Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous Pair of French Dore Bronze Mounted Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Covered Vases. Vases are a true marvel of antique artistry. As you admire the stunning matching pair, you will be captivated by the intricate details of the hand painted organic and naturalistic branches, flowers, and leaves that adorn the body of each vase. The unusual botanical elements in shades of green and translucent aqua create a mesmerizing effect that will transport you to a world of enchantment. But what truly sets these vases apart are the multicolored blossoms in shades of light blue, dark blue, orange, and yellow that add a vibrant and cheerful touch to the overall design. And as you continue to gaze, you will be spellbound by the delicately detailed hand painted pheasant...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Vases

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Bronze

Very Large Blue and White Dutch Delft Vase in Chinoiserie, Early 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
A Rare and Very Large, Early Dutch Delftware vase with chinoiserie decoration. Origine: Delft, The Netherlands Date: 1724 - 1757 Workshop: De Metaale Pot under the management of Cornelis Koppens. Marked CK for Cornelis Koppens. The very large vase...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Vases

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Ceramic, Delft, Faience

Late Meiji Period Cloisonné Vase
Located in New York, NY
Japanese vase with enamel cloisonné depicting naturalistic scenes with birds on one side and with fish on the other from the late Meiji period, circa...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Vases

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Evase by Rick Owens
Located in Geneve, CH
Evase by Rick Owens, 2007 Dimensions: L 20 x W 20 x H 18 cm Materials: Bronze Weight: 4.2 kg Available in black, gold and nitrate finish. Rick Owe...
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2010s French Modern Vases

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Bronze

Gustave Asch Large Vase Ceramic Blue Tours, 1900
Located in Tilburg, NL
Gustave Asch Large Vase Ceramic Blue Tours, 1900 Frédéric Gustave Asch (1856-1911) A nice shaped vases in Porcelain with gold decoration of berrie...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Vases

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Gold

Bronze Vase by GAB
By GAB
Located in Long Island City, NY
Patinated bronze vase by GAB. Sweden, Circa 1930th-40th. Marked by manufacturer.
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Garlic Mouth Vase, Kangxi Marks
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The globular body decorated with hand applied enamels depicting nobles taking tea while surrounded by attendants and small children. The slender neck rising to a bulbous mouth (seemingly ground), the underside of the base showing small firing cracks and blue under-glaze double ring Kangxi marks...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Leaded Glass Ice Holder
Located in Sheffield, MA
This gracefully shaped leaded glass ice bucket has two cutout handles for carrying the bucket to the dining table or bar. The bucket has a modern look whi...
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20th Century European Vases

Materials

Glass

Double-Gourd Miniature Vase from Hatcher Collection
Located in Atlanta, GA
Miniature 17th century blue and white double gourd vase. This miniature vase was part of a hoard recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher from the wreck o...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Vases

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Porcelain

Pair Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Triple-Gourd 'Taotie' Vases, Qing 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
A pair of blue and white triple-gourd 'Taotie' vases, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. A pair of blue and white triple-gourd 'taotie' vases. The base of each with an apocryphal Kangxi six...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Lidded Bottle Vase, Early 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Early 19th century rose mandarin lidded bottle vase, typically decorated in the 'Rose Medallion' pattern. Two panels depicting Chinese garden and interior scenes and two panels with ...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Vases

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Porcelain

Valet Moro Woman Vase and Candleholder in Ceramic and Gold
Located in Paris, FR
Vase and candleholder Moro woman in handcrafted Sicilian ceramic, hand-painted. Golden Heads and gold finishes are covered with pure liquid gold. Also available in Moro man.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vases

Materials

Gold

Val Saint Lambert Crystal Decanter Charles Graffart Cut-to-Clear, 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert decanter, + 6 shot glasses Charles Graffart, the 1950s. Beautiful signed Val Saint Lambert circular crystal decanter, h...
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1950s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Vases

Materials

Crystal

477 Handcrafted Stoneware Blossoming Moon Vase by Helen Prior
Located in New Paltz, NY
477 Handcrafted stoneware blossoming moon vase by Helen Prior. A delicate handcrafted vase, organic in shape with a torn clay opening in natur...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases

Materials

Gold

Green Roseville Pinecone Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Collection of green Roseville Pinecone pottery. Fifteen pieces to include: Vase 748-6, Bowl 278-4, Vase 745-7, 9" vase, 10" vase, Vase 842-8...
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1930s American Vintage Vases

Materials

Pottery

Amazing Vintage Vase, Belgium, 1950s 24k Gold Faience Vase or Jug with Handle
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage, hand painted ewer. Gorgeous faience pitcher vase with a beautifull turquoise background decorated with a bright raised enamel and 24K gold ...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Vases

Materials

Enamel

Silvano Signoretto Signed Large Murano Art Glass Vase with Murrine Decoration
By Silvano Signoretto
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Silvano Signoretto Signed Large Murano art glass Vase with Murrine and Cane decoration. Amazing detail from any angle.
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Blown Glass

1295 Murano Hand Made "Glass Fountain" Art Vase
Located in Venice, VE
Hand made in Venice, original Murano glass, "Glass Fountain" hand blown glass made by master glassmaker, using ancient tecniques 24kt gold leaf inside the glass and on the glass so...
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2010s Italian Vases

Materials

Gold Leaf

Large Lomonosov 22K Gold, Cobalt Decor Porcelain Vase, USSR - 2 available
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Russian white porcelain vase manufactured in the 1950s by the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (founded in 1744). Soft shaped organic Mid-Century Modern vase decorated by hand with large mineral...
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Mid-20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Gold

Pair of Bronze and Gilt Classical Vases by Barbedienne, 19th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine pair of 19th-century Bronze and Gilt Classical Vases By Ferdinand Barbedienne 1810-1892. Each is unique with male nude figures in classical Greek poses playing music and ad...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Vases

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Bronze

Antique Vase by Royal Crown Derby circa 1900, Detailed Shape Turquoise & Gilt
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
From one of the world's re known porcelain factories of England: Royal Crown Derby. This vase features exquisite shape and modeling with vibrant turquoise accents and hand accented 2...
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Early 1900s European Late Victorian Antique Vases

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Gold, Enamel

Antique Signed Japanese Meiji Period Mixed Metals Bronze Double Gourd Form Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese bronze vase. From the Meiji Period. With copper and silver floral and vine and butterfly inlay as well a kanji symbol to the neck (possibly a stylized f...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Silver, Copper, Bronze

Vendôme Vase
Located in Paris, FR
Vendôme Vase Vase created by Fabien Barrero-Carsenat in 2023. This vase is made of bronze, it is signed, numbered 2/8 and dated. A certificate of authenticity is issued by the galle...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Vases

Materials

Bronze

Ming Dynasty Ribbed Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ming Dynasty blue and white ribbed vase from the Wan Li period (1563-1620). The raised ridges on the body separate panels of boldly painted...
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Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Vases

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Pair of Large Italian Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in IT
18th century Pair of Large Italian Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Vases The pair of neoclassical vases was made in Italy in the end of 18th ce...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Vases

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Bronze

Pair of Gilt-Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Vases and Covers
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Gilt-Bronze And Rouge Griotte Marble Vases and Covers. By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris. Designed in the Neo-Grec style these elegant vases stand atop Rouge Griotte marb...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Vases

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Early 20th Century Italian Deruta Ceramic Amphorae, Set of 2
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Early 20th century elegant pair of Italian-made Deruta amphorae, branded at the base. Characterized by a refined hand-painted decoration with Renaissance-inspired motifs. In perfect ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Gilded Porcelain Atlas Split Vase
Located in New York, NY
Great Divide. A surreal head-turner, our Atlas Split Vase features four dual looks—each flawlessly halved visage reveals a matte porcelain profile from one angle, and a glittering go...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases

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Gold Leaf

Yasumi Nakajima II Ikebana Bronze Vase, circa 1960, Japan.
Located in Brussels, BE
Yasumi Nakajima II (1906-1988) Ikebana vase, circa 1960, Japan. Trumpet form, Tomoe model, with nice patinated brown-red (seido) bronze. Signed underneath. Dimensions: 26 cm H, 9 ...
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1960s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Vases

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Bronze

Annikki Hovisaari Signed Arabia Finland Scandinavian Modern Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Scandanavian glazed stoneware pottery footed vase by Annikki Hovisaari for Arabia Finland. This piece features a sea-like turquoise/ blue glaze and gourd-like shape. ...
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1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Secondo Fuoco Contemporary High Vase in Bronze and Slag
Located in Florence, IT
Secondo Fuoco is an investigation into slags, a reflection on the multiple souls of matter: its mineral origin, re-obtained by smelting processes and its...
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2010s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Bronze

Evan Jensen Bronze Vase, Denmark, 1930s
Located in Valby, 84
Evan Jensen bronze art deco vase made by Danish artist Evan Jensen in the 1930s. The vase is in a beautiful original condition and is signed Evan Jensen København Bronze and has model number 155A. The vase is a beautiful decorative element to any interior and the structure of the vase is fantastic with lots of details which will give you endless hours of enjoyment looking at. Art Deco, short for the French Arts Décoratifs, and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s and 1930s. Through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including how people look (clothing, fashion and jewelry), Art Deco has influenced bridges, buildings (from skyscrapers to cinemas), ships...
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1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases

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Bronze

Italian Venetian Murano Pink Handkerchief Art Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian pink handkerchief art glass vase in the style of Venini, circa 20th century, Italy. A beautiful hand-made piece with quilted / diamond...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass

Japanese Contemporary Blue Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary museum quality decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately hand painted on an elegantly shaped porcelain body in blue, with extremely intrica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Vases

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Gold

Japanese Antique Momoyama Edo Bizen Ware Pottery Wabi-Sabi Art Tsubo Jar Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Bizen ware stoneware vase/jar/vessel - produced sometime during the late Momoyama period (1568-1600) / Early Edo Period (1603-1867). Bizen yaki...
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16th Century Japanese Edo Antique Vases

Materials

Stoneware

'Actinia' an Opalescent Glass Vase by Rene Lalique
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
Actinia, an Art Deco opalescent glass vase by René Lalique (1860-1945). Raised, swirling pattern in graduated blue green opalescence with a peach coloured tint. Etched 'R Lalique Fra...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vases

Materials

Glass

Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Green Glazed Sculptural Pottery Vase Vessel
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, gorgeously formed, striking work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko Matthews. The large green glazed vase/ sculptural vessel with applied features is signed on the base by Matthews. Mathews previously studied with famed ceramists couple Otto and Vivia Heino at Chouinard and also with Raku master potter Paul Soldner at Scripps College...
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20th Century American Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Japanese Green Blue Gold Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, hand-painted in green, red and gold, a signed masterpiece in his signature series by highly respected award-winning Japanes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Vases

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Gold

Japanese Bronze Vase, Edo Period
Located in London, GB
A Japanese solid bronze Mimikuchi handled vase with crisply detailed spiral design on a beautifully rounded body. This rare piece dates from the early to mid 1800's. A very fine example of Japanese Edo period...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Vases

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Bronze

19th Century Bronze Decorative Rhyton Style Shaped Swan Vases
Located in Delft, NL
19th century bronze decorative rhyton style shaped swan vases. Bronze rhyton style decorative shaped vases with swan on round red/brown marble base. The set in a trumpet shaped wi...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Vases

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair Japanese Bronze Meiji Era Vases with Multiple Birds on Branches Signed
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Pair Japanese Bronze Meiji Era vases with multiple birds on branches very detailed with multiple ways to display. Both vases are signed as shown.
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Vases

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Bronze

Large Pair Mounted Gilt Bronze Style Sevres Porcelain Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair mounted gilt bronze style Sevres porcelain vases. The decorations of these vases is magnificent the front is depicted mythological scenes and behind depicted scenes with...
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1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Vases

Materials

Bronze

Murano Blue Daisy Silver Flecks Italian Art Glass Tall Fan Shape Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique, early Murano hand blown blue and silver flecks Italian art glass fan shaped footed vase. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso company, with a similar vase pictured in t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vases

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Pitcher and Its Opaline Basin on a Gilt Bronze Base, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Large pitcher in pink opaline and its basin, with white and gold enamelled decoration of palmettes, small pearls and floral motifs. Large gold bands u...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique Vases

Materials

Bronze

Seguso Murano Red Orange Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Double Mouth Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare vintage Murano hand blown red-orange and gold flecks Italian art glass double spout flower vase. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, and created in the "Pulve...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Gold Leaf

Genuine Cloisonne Vase with Custom Wooden Stand
Located in New York, NY
A blue cloisonné vase depicting an imperial Woman floating on a river among colorful Birds and Lillies on a celest blue background with a geometric...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Vases

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Metal, Bronze, Copper

Signed Japanese Meiji Bronze Vase with Cranes
Located in Norwood, NJ
Beautifully patinated verdigris and brown bronze vase from the Japanese Meiji period. Of elegant and simple form, featuring cranes in three views. Signed.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Bronze

Angelo Mangiarotti Three piece vase for Brambilla, Italy 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Angelo Mangiarotti Rare Three piece vase for Fratelli Brambilla, Italy 1970s Ref: Domus July 1970.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Antonio da Ros for Cenedese Smoked Gray Toned Colored Murano Glass Bowl
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Single midcentury, vintage Murano glass bowl designed by Antonio da Ros (1936-2012) for Cenedese, circa 1970-1990. Wonderful translucent color of smoked gray (grey) toned glass. Simp...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Murano Glass, Glass

Large Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile Trumpet Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Tiffany Studios Gold Favrile trumpet vase, 1908 Marks: 32565C L.C. Tiffany-Favrile, (applied paper label) Dimensions: Height: 16.5 inches (41....
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Hasegawa Gasen, Patinated Vase in Bronze
Located in Kastrup, DK
Hasegawa Gasen 1928 - 2002. Japanese bronze vase. Beautifully patinated in green / Brownish shades. Seal marked.
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Modern Vases

Materials

Bronze

Pair Green Gold 19th Century Crystal Vases, Greek Key Design Attributed Moser
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rich green blown crystal vases featuring 24 karat gold decoration throughout with the central portion having a Greek key design. This pair dates to the last half of the 19th century ...
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1880s Classical Greek Antique Vases

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Crystal, Gold

Vintage Ceramic Raised Gold Dandelion Motif and Oxidized Glaze Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
Vintage ceramic vase with a raised gold dandelion design against an oxidized metallic glaze in shades of purple, green, blue, and copper with a narrow flared mouth brushed in gold. (...
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Japan Large Pretty Bronze Flower Petal Vase, Signed Box
Located in South Burlington, VT
Here's another beautiful and unique way to accent your indoor space with this fine artisan treasure from Japan. A stunning dark walnut colored bronze vase with a pretty undulatin...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Vases

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Bronze

French 19th Century Pair of Lacquered Bamboos Japonisme Vases
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th French century pair of Lacquered Bamboos Japonisme vases. An amazing pair of tall cylindrical bamboo vases decorated in Japanese Gold and Sil-ver Hiramaki-E Lacquer with Pavilions in The Mist and Weaving Figures, Flown Over by a Pair of Cranes. Enclosed in a Sino-Japanese Inspiration Golden and Brown Patina Bronze Mount Featuring Elephant Heads, Partially Openwork Branches and Salamanders Forming Side Handles. Circa 1870 Attributed to Édouard Lièvre (1828-1886) and Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892) Édouard Lièvre (1828-1886) is one of the most talented and prolific designer and industrialist of the 19th Century, his repertoire is sometimes Sino-Japanese or Neo-Renaissance, whether in furniture or works of art, we can note in particular the parade bed of Valtesse de La Bigne, furniture commissioned by the painter Édouard Detaille or even Sarah Bernhardt, and the famous works in collaboration with Maison Christofle or those in gilded bronze and cloisonné enamel edited by Ferdinand Barbedienne, presented at the Universal Exhibitions in 1878, 1889 and 1900. He was both a draftsman, painter, illustrator, engraver, ornamentalist and cabinetmaker, first trained in the studio of the painter Thomas Couture, Lièvre was then fully immersed in the world of decoration, creation and ornamentation and provides designs for manufacturers and merchant-publishers. Often assisted by his brother Justin, he first produced works of art for his own apartment, seeking out the finest craftsmen to execute his designs for bronzes, ceramics, fabrics and luxury furniture from great virtuosity and great taste. He then collaborated with the cabinet-maker Paul Sormani, as well as haberdasher merchants such as the Escalier de Cristal, bronziers such as Maison Marnyhac and especially Ferdinand Barbedienne as on our vases with bronze mounts characteristics of Edouard Lièvre's work. Born in 1810, died in Paris in 1892, Ferdinand Barbedienne, the most important caster of bronze pieces of art during the second half of the 19th Century, created and directed in Par-is one of the major artistic foundries of his time. Barbedienne specialized in classical reproductions, whose models were exposed in famous European museums. Their illustrated catalogues included many diverse objects such as busts, ornemental sculpture (clocks, candelabras, cups) sometimes even life-sized and bronzes for furniture. Apart from his own produc-tion, Barbedienne worked for the most renowned sculptors such as Barrias, Clésinger and Carrier-Belleuse. All his works were highly esteemed and he, himself honored by contemporary critics. At the London exhibition in 1851 Barbedienne’s firm won two « Council medals ». At the 1855 Universal Exhibition, he won a medal of honor. The success of Barbedienne’s firm brought him many official commissions, such in about 1860, as Barbedienne supplied bronzes for furniture for the Pompeian Villa of Prince Napoléon-Joseph, located avenue Montaigne in Paris. At the London Universal Exhibition of 1862 Barbedienne won medals in three different categories: Furniture, Silversmith work and Artistic bronzes. Barbedienne was made an officer of the Légion d’Honneur in 1867 and Commander in 1878 when he was compared with « a prince of industry and the king of bronze casting ». His glory did not decline with the passage of the time for at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 the critics thanked Barbedienne for the example he set for other bronze-casters by the perfection of his bronzes. “Japonisme” in the second half of the 19th century, was a craze for everything that came from Japan or imitated its style. The word was first coined in a series of articles published by Philippe Burty, from May 1872 to February 1873, in the French magazine “la Renaissance Littéraire et Artistique”. Far from the Academic sphere, artists seeking for new ways of expression, appropriated this discovery. Manet and the impressionists led the way to half a century of enthusiasm for Japanese art, and largely contributed to the esthetical revolution Europe experienced between 1860 and the beginning of the twentieth century. From 1862, The World’s Fairs provoked massive arrivals of fans, kimonos, lacquers, bronzes, silks, prints and books that launched the real era of Japonisme. With those exhibitions, the demand was boosted, the number of merchants and collectors was multiplied, and artists became passionate about this new esthetic. For them, its “primitivism” was probably its most important quality: artists were fond of the Japanese art’s capacity to be close to nature and to reconcile art and society by representing, with a lot of care, the most trivial objects. In painting, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Degas, Van Gogh, Gauguin were among those who were deeply inspired by Japanese art, affected by the lack of perspective and shadow, the flat areas of strong color, the compositional freedom in placing the subject off-center, with mostly low diagonal axes to the background. The Japanese iris, peonies, bamboos, kimonos, calligraphy, fish, butterflies and other insects, the blackbirds, cranes and wading birds, the cats, tigers, and dragons were endless sources of inspiration, appropriation, and reinterpretation for European artists. The occidental productions were combining styles and artistic conceptions instead of copying Japanese art slavishly. That is what brings to light the comparison between the artworks of Kitagawa Utamaro and Degas, of Katsushika Hokusai and Van Gogh The World’s Fairs of 1851 and 1862 in London, those of 1867, 1878, 1889 and 1900 in Paris, of 1873 in Vienna and of 1904 in Saint Louis presented a number of “Japanese-Chinese” installations with earthenware, bronzes, screens and paintings and attracted the largest amounts of visitors In Vienna, the “Japanese village...
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1870s French Japonisme Antique Vases

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Bronze

Rolling Vase #3 by dAM Atelier Contemporary Italian Sculptural Travertine Bronze
Located in San Paolo D'argon, BG
The Rolling Vase #3 is the result of the sculptural work made from our Atelier in order to generate a dialogue between two really different and contrasting materials. The Travertine ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases

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Travertine, Bronze

Rollin Vase #1 by Dam Atelier Contemporary Italian Sculptural Travertine Bronze
Located in San Paolo D'argon, BG
The Rolling Vase #1 is the result of the sculptural work made from our Atelier in order to generate a dialogue between two really different and contrasting materials. The Travertine ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases

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Travertine, Bronze

Antique and Vintage Vases for Sale

Whether it’s a Chinese Han dynasty glazed ceramic wine vessel, a work of Murano glass or a hand-painted Scandinavian modern stoneware piece, a fine vase brings a piece of history into your space as much as it adds a sophisticated dynamic. 

Like sculptures or paintings, antique and vintage vases are considered works of fine art. Once offered as tributes to ancient rulers, vases continue to be gifted to heads of state today. Over time, decorative porcelain vases have become family heirlooms to be displayed prominently in our homes — loved pieces treasured from generation to generation.

The functional value of vases is well known. They were traditionally utilized as vessels for carrying dry goods or liquids, so some have handles and feature an opening at the top (where they flare back out). While artists have explored wildly sculptural alternatives over time, the most conventional vase shape is characterized by a bulbous base and a body with shoulders where the form curves inward.

Owing to their intrinsic functionality, vases are quite possibly versatile in ways few other art forms can match. They’re typically taller than they are wide. Some have a neck that offers height and is ideal for the stems of cut flowers. To pair with your mid-century modern decor, the right vase will be an elegant receptacle for leafy snake plants on your teak dining table, or, in the case of welcoming guests on your doorstep, a large ceramic floor vase for long tree branches or sticks — perhaps one crafted in the Art Nouveau style — works wonders.

Interior designers include vases of every type, size and style in their projects — be the canvas indoors or outdoors — often introducing a splash of color and a range of textures to an entryway or merely calling attention to nature’s asymmetries by bringing more organically shaped decorative objects into a home.

On 1stDibs, you can browse our collection of vases by material, including ceramic, glass, porcelain and more. Sizes range from tiny bud vases to massive statement pieces and every size in between.

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