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Vases For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1910s
Val Saint Lambert Signed Sculpted Crystal Core Vase Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert, Signed Sculpted Crystal core Vase , Belgium.
Heavy Val Saint Lambert crystal vase catalogued in the 1950s.
The central amethyst color (a traditional favorite for...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Arthur Percy, Vase, Glass, Sweden, 1950s
By Arthur Percy
Located in High Point, NC
A green-colored glass vase designed by Arthur Percy and produced by Gullaskruf, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 11.0"H x 3.875"W x 3.875"D
All items ship from High P...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Monumental “Chamotte” Floor Vase by Ingrid Atterberg for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden
Located in Staffanstorp, SE
A strikingly sculptural and rare floor vase designed by the renowned Swedish ceramicist Ingrid Atterberg for Upsala Ekeby in 1957. This piece, model number 2306, is part of the celeb...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Cenury Primitivist Marble Vase with Relief Carved Geometric Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid Century Modern primitivist vase was realized in France circa 1950. It features a cylindrical body that tapers towards the top with a flared mouth that cantilevers over the body of the piece- in a beautiful white exotic marble. The surface of the vase has been handcarved in relief with a wealth of geometric motifs including stylized celtic knots bookended on top and bottom by deconstructed Greek key motifs. Additionally, there is an arched form with a open circle approaching the top of this piece. With its clean modernist lines, monochromatic palate, and patently (and beautifully) hand crafted aesthetic, this piece would be a winning addition to any style of interior from classic Mid Century to contremporary. While it is a perfectly functional vase...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Marble
Val Saint Lambert, Sculpted Heavy Crystal Vase , Belgium 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert, sculpted crystal vase with amethyst core, Belgium.
Heavy Val Saint Lambert crystal vase catalogued in the 1950s.
The central amethyst color (a traditional favorit...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Vallauris Mid-Century Ceramic Vase, France circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb Mid-Century modernist ceramic vase was crafted in Vallauris, France circa 1950. The chunky scalloped shape has a unique motif created from drips of colors contrasted by a...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience
Mid-Century Modern Vase Decor Confetti by Steuler Keramik Germany
By Steuler
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful timeless piece of ceramics by Steuler Keramik Germany. Decor Confetti.
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
KPM Berlin Sailer Porcelain Vase Siegmund Schütz
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain vase white porcelain with glossy glaze, designed by Siegmund Schütz in 1951.
Category
1950s German Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Loetz Glass Vase Pink and Orange Iridescent 1950s
By Loetz Glass
Located in Milano, MI
Iridescent orange and pink glass vase by Loetz, made in the 1950s.
Ø cm 10 h cm 11
Loetz is a name that immediately evokes images of extraordinarily beautiful and refined blown gla...
Category
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Clematis Decor, by Émile Gallé Nancy
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Rare Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Clematis Decor, by Émile Gallé Nancy
Emile Gallé Cameo glass vase, richly decorated with branches with flowe...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
E.Gallé (1846-1904) "Fleurs de Pommier "Soufflé Glass Vase circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
French Art Nouveau Cameo Mold Blown Glass Vase « Fleurs de Pommier » circa 1910
Beautiful and very rare Art Nouveau molded-blowned g...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, circa 1950s
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early work (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter Peter Voulkos.
Signed on base with incised signature by Voulkos.
Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramists of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary.
Doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards.
His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Large Shipibo-Conibo Enormous Vessel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The Shipibo people live along the Upper Amazon.
The polychrome slip painted pottery is created primarily by female artists
The artists inspiration is aided by covering the eyelids ...
Category
1950s Peruvian Vintage Vases
Materials
Clay
Olive Green Glass Rondo Ball Vase by Per Lutken for Holmegaard, 1959
Located in Esbjerg, DK
In the series 'Olive Disko' this rare Rondo Vase by Per Lütken was made in 1959. The name Disko has nothing to do with disco. In fact the name was inspired by the reflections of ligh...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Rare Japanese Meiji Period Moriage Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in Newark, England
Very Rare Moriage Netting
From our Japanese collection, we are thrilled to introduce this fine Japanese Moriage Cloisonne Enamel Vase. The Cloisonne Enamel Vase of baluster form wi...
Category
1910s Japanese Meiji Vintage Vases
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Val Saint Lambert Cobalt Blue Crystal Vase Cut to Clear Belgium 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert crystal vase cut to clear,
Beautiful Val Saint Lambert circular crystal vase, hand-cut-to-clear,
the glass is thick, deeply and evenly cut,
Origin: Belgium in exc...
Category
1950s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Just Andersen pewter vase design by Arne Ekers, Copenhagen Denmark 1952
Located in København K, 84
This charming 1952 pewter vase, designed by Arne Ekers and manufactured by Just Andersen in Copenhagen, is a refined example of mid-20th century Danish metalwork...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Metal, Pewter
Gunnar Nylund Vase Pike Mouth Gäddgap Rörstand Sweden 1950s 1960s
Located in Basel, BS
Gunnar Nylund vase in a rare turquoise glaze with brown flecks, hand-thrown stoneware, made at Rörstrand factory in the 1950s. 1st quality sorting.
The model is called ‚Pike Mouth‘ ...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
1950s mid century VASE floorvase bay-keramik decor 'brasil' model 543-40 WGP
By Bay Keramik
Located in Mannheim, DE
Very beautiful west german mid century ceramic vase manufactured by Bay-Keramik in 1957, decor 'Brasil'.
Unglazed surface with white incised decor combined with glossy colored fields...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Berndt Friberg Gustavsberg Haresfur Flared Bottle Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Berndt Friberg (Swedish, 1899-1981) joined Gustavsberg in 1934 and his work is considered as some of the finest examples of wheel thrown pottery of the 20th Century. Inspired by the ...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Ginko Leaf Vase Attrib to Paul Dachsel For Czechoslovakian Amphora
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Category
1910s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Ettore Sottsass Vase from the Rocchetti series. No. 1 of 20. Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Very Rare Ettore Sottsass Vase from the Rocchetti series, Bitossi, Italy, 1957. Glazed Earthenware. Excellent condition. Glazed signature, date, and number to underside ‘E. Sottsa...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Striking small stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in an appealing round form with a cylinder shaped neck. Creamy pale blue hare’s fur glaze.
Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, ...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Fish Shaped Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Italian glazed porcelain fish shaped vases.
Measurements
Height: 18"
Width/length: 17"
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Multicolor Vase of Ceramica Pucci Model Ragno N°1172
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful vase made by Pucci in 1952. Signed and numbered at the base. Excellent and original conditions. Beautiful and particular gold finish in relief that represents spiders. Idea...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Tobia Scarpa Purple and Black Crystal 'Occhi' Bottle, 1960, Venini & Co.
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Bochum, NRW
Tobia Scarpa. 'Occhi' bottle.
Entwurf: 1959-60. Executed by Venini & Co.
Rectangular bottle shape with corresponding neck.
Clear crystal glass with chessboard-like murrine in black,...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Antique Kyoto-Awaji Turquoise Blue Crackle Glaze Bottle Vase
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Kyoto-Awaji turquoise blue crackle glaze bottle vase. Beautiful form with great color. 12 1/4" high, 5" diameter. Excellent condition.
Category
1910s Japanese Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Pottery
Paolo Venini Vase Murano Glass Vase Zanfirico Italy 1950s
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Basel, BS
Rare Paolo Venini vase decorated with Zanfirico canes in a vibrant light yellow with black and white details.
Mouth-blown and hand-crafted at Venini glassworks in Murano in the 1950...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Erik Höglund / PEOPLE BOTTLE(GREY CARBORUNDUM) H875 / Boda Glasbruk / 1950s
By Erik Höglund
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Launched in 1956, this series uses tiny granules of carborundum (silicon carbide) instead of the potato or sawdust that had previously been used to create bubbles.
Carborundum is a ...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Flavio Poli Seguso Vetri D’arte Attributed Sommerso Art Glass Murano Vase
By Flavio Poli
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Large Flavio Poli Seguso Vetri D’Arte Attributed Sommerso Art Glass Murano vase. Retains its original Paul’s distributor label. Very sleek and elegant design.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Anzolo Fuga for Avem Opalescent Murano Red, Purple Murrine Glass Vase Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This absolutely stunning and rare Italian Murano opalescent glass vase by Anzolo Fuga for Avem has glorious applied murrines of colors of reds, browns with a purple hint. The origina...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Ceramic Vase Signed Gouda
By Gouda Vase
Located in New York, NY
This highly unique Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Ceramic Vase Signed Gouda originates from the Netherlands, Circa 1910. This piece features a stunning surface in ornately hand-painted nat...
Category
1910s Dutch Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1950s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
Pewter Vase made by Just Andersen in 1952. An elegant piece for a beautiful place.
* Drop-shaped pewter vase with vertical lines
* Manufacturer: Just Andersen
* Style: 2642
* Year: ...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Vases
Materials
Metal, Pewter
Antique Art Nouveau American Rookwood Pottery Vellum Vase by Lorinda Epply 1915
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American Art Nouveau Rookwood three handled vellum vase, Lorinda Epply, 1915.
The blue vase of reversed bell shaped with three elongated handles, around the wide mouth of the...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Set of 3 Rörstrand Ritzi Vases and Bowl Gunnar Nylund
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful blue glaze on these 2 vases and bowl from Rörstrand Sweden, designed by Gunnar Nylund in the 1950s.
They are all in good vintage condition.
Dimensions: Large vase H ...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Glass Vases by Rudolf Schrötter for Sklo Union, 1950s. Set of 3.
Located in Asaa, DK
Mid-Century Modern Glass Vases by Rudolf Schrötter for Sklo Union, 1950s. Set of 3.
Set of three pressed glass vases designed by Rudolf Schröt(t)er and manufactured by Rosice Glassw...
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Opaline Glass
Very Large San Marino Bottle Vase Smalto Roccia Glaze Italy 1950s
Located in Melbourne, AU
An unusually large example of San Marino tourist pottery with 'Smalto Roccia' or 'Lava' glaze. The brightly colored blue panel illustrates a Mediterran...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Clay
Very Large Midcentury Italian Ceramic Vase, circa 1950s
Located in London, GB
Very large midcentury Italian ceramic vase (circa 1950s). Its elliptical shape and distinctly modern style encapsulates its orig...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Powder Blue Crackle Glazed Porcelain Vase Thorkild Olsen Royal Copenhagen #2491
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Powder blue Royal Copenhagen crackle glazed porcelain vase with gilded banding
Notable, well defined dark crackle exterior
Designed by Thorkild Olsen
Circa 1954
Stamped and numbered...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century French Ceramic Vase Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic vase signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pink Murano Floral Vase with Footed Base by Fratelli Toso, c. 1950's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern large footed bowl or vase in pink fuchsia Murano glass. hand blown using Sommerso technique whereby the pink glass is submerged wi...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Jean Megard, Ceramic Vase, Aix-en-Provence 1951
By Jean Mégard
Located in St Ouen, FR
Extremly rare pot-bellied vase.
Rich glazes with a juxtaposition of white and light purple and an abstract overprinted decor whose contours go beyond the strict visual field to colon...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Arts & Crafts Scarab Vase by Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Located in Chicago, US
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the default quote does not include packing and insurance. 1stDibs shipping provides a level of value, protection, and care that aligns with our commitment to safeguarding historic artworks and providing excellent client service.
“A Robineau vase is a true work of art, unique in conception and perfect in execution, for every piece that left this studio was a labor of love.” – Ethel Brand Wise, The American Magazine of Art, 1929
Adelaide Alsop Robineau was a pioneer in American studio ceramics and excelled as an innovator in pottery both technically and aesthetically. As a young woman of high society in the late Victorian era, she gained early accolades as a skilled watercolorist and china painter and taught for a time at St. Mary’s Hall in Minnesota. In 1899, she married Samuel E. Robineau, a French gentleman and collector of Chinese ceramics. He was deeply intrigued by her talent and steadfastly supported and encouraged her throughout her career. The couple collaborated to produce a popular and influential monthly journal together, Keramic Studio, and went on to build a studio on their property in Syracuse, New York, which they named Four Winds. Robineau would also go on to teach for many years at Syracuse University while creating her own work and raising three children.
Early in her career, she studied at Alfred University under Charles Binns, who is widely considered to be the progenitor of contemporary studio ceramics in America. His program established a shift in the craft of ceramics as an academic pursuit, rather than one of apprenticeship. Pottery throwers and the artists who decorated the wares traditionally inhabited separate roles in ceramic manufacture, a practice common in Europe. Binns’ philosophy merged the two, such that the potter had total agency of the final product. This marked a historic divergence in the creation of art pottery – one that Adelaide Robineau...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Val Saint Lambert Crystal Vase Charles Graffart Cut-to-Clear Signed
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert vase Charles Graffart, catalogue, 1950s.
Beautiful signed Val Saint Lambert circular crystal vase, handcut-to-clear, the glass is thick, deeply and evenly cut,
...
Category
1950s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Mid-century Modern Green Hedgehog Vase by Gunnar Nylund för Rörstrand, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Mid-century Modern green hedgehog vase by Gunnar Nylund, (1904 - 1997) för Rörstrand, Sweden. Stamped. In mint condition.
This beautiful example of Swedish Modernist design is the '...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Majolica Vase with Cicada and Olives Sicard, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica vase with cicada and olives signed Sicard, circa 1950.
From South of France (Provence).
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Val Saint Lambert Art Deco Crystal Vase Cut-to-clear, 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert crystal vase cut-to-clear, 1950s
by Val Saint-Lambert.
Beautiful Val Saint-Lambert hexagonal crystal vases, handcut-to-clear, the glass is thick,
deeply and evenl...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Iridescent Favrile Art Glass Gord Form Vase Signed Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This highly rare and innovative Iridescent Favrile Art Glass Gord Form Vase is by Louis Comfort Tiffany and originates from the United States Circa 1916. This vase is a true gem, wit...
Category
1910s American American Craftsman Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Oversized Vase In Terracotta, Italian c.50's By Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in London, GB
Large oversized vase in terracotta, with rope design and all over green wash, signed to base Ugo Zaccagnini. Italy 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Terracotta
1912 René Lalique Vase Fougeres Ferns Glass with Grey Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Fougeres" (Ferns) made in frosted glass with grey patina by René Lalique in 1912.
Engraved signature and molded signature into leaves.
Perfect condition. Beautiful patina.
He...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Modern Murano Glass Vase Design Attributed to Archimede Seguso
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful glass vase attributed to the Murano master Archimede Seguso
Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina E...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
1950s Studio Keramik floor Vase Atelier Huber Roethe Landshut 1959 with inlet
Located in Landshut, BY
STUDIO KERAMIK FLOOR VASE
Atelier Herta Huber Roethe Landshut 1950s
(it´s been created by an artist who has worked in their Atelier : marked "BR")
Manufacturer ATELIER HUBER ROETHE...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Pottery
A Luxurious Art Nouveau Crystal Amethyst Bowl with Gold Relief Band from Moser
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Luxurious Art Nouveau Crystal Amethyst Bowl with Gold Relief Band from Moser.
A beautiful centerpiece bowl made of handblown deep purple crystal with a wide band around the body, d...
Category
1910s Czech Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Bohemian Loetz Red Tango Glass Vase w. Black Accents by Michael Powolny
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique Art Nouveau art glass vase by Michael Powolny for Loetz is an impressive and highly sought-after art piece from the early 20th cen...
Category
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-Century French Ceramic Plate by Naumovitch Gourju, Grand Chêne, Vallauris
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-century French ceramic pitcher by Naumovitch - Grand Chêne Studio, Vallauris - 1950's
Enamelled dish with a white background, it is decorated with a f...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Enamel
French Cameo Glass Lac-de-como Vase, Galle, circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
Literature: A. Duncan and G. de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, London, 1984, p. 200, pl. 304
J. Bloch-Dermant, Le Verre en France: d’ Emile Gallé à nos jours, Paris, 1986, p. 30 (for relate...
Category
1910s French Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Midcentury Modern Groupe of 6 White and Grey Vessels Rörstrand Sweden 1950
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
We have gathered a Groupe of 6 pieces, made at Rörstrand during the midcentury. The pieces are designed by Gunnar Nylund and Carl Harry Stålhane. Their slick minimalistic and elegant...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Ashby Potters Guild Art Nouveau Mottled Blue Glazed Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional pair of Art Nouveau tulip shaped art pottery vase decorated in streaked blue glazes dating between 1909 and 1922. The vases stand on wide rounded slightly domed feet the tall slender tulip shaped bodies with a slightly narrowing neck and wide open tops. The vases are beautifully glazes in streaked turquoise and blue colored glazes transitioning to very intense dark blue glazes around the feet and lower body. Both vases are impressed ASHBY GUILD...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Pottery
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.