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Vases For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1970s
Chinese Flambè Glazed Hu Vase With Elephant Head Handles
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th century Chinese Flambè Hu vase with elephant handles. Beautifully fired with shades of purple and blue throughout. Mouth of vase is 4" i...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Silver Vase, Persian Traditional Decorative Cup Achamedian Qajar Vase
Located in Wembley, GB
The title of the work and its imagery, Golo Morgh (Bird and flower), references gol o bolbol. The gol (rose) and the bolbol (a nightingale) motif – a sub-theme of the bird and flower...
Category
1910s Persian Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Loetz Cobalt Blue Papillon Art Glass Vase 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Art Nouveau Austrian Loetz cobalt blue "Papillon" art glass vase, circa 1900.
This wonderful Loetz mouthblown art glass vase made of irridescent glass and the pattern named Papillion after the French word for butterfly, as the glass resembles the color & pattern of a butterfly's wings.
The vase of bottle shaped form with a flared circular mouth and a tall neck rising from a 'mallet' shaped base with four dimples, the vase is mouthblown and has a ground pontil mark to the base where the vase was removed from the glassblowers pipe.
Condition is excellent, this is a very fine example of an antique Loetz Papillon...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
Art Deco vase in Pewter made by Just Andersen in the early 1920s. An exquisite piece of history for a beautiful place.
* Pewter vase with ornaments
* Manufacturer: Just Andersen
* S...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Metal, Pewter
Art Nouveau "Vase with Water Plants and Bats" by Paul Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Amphora, Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, US
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Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Vases
Materials
Earthenware
1926 René Lalique Vase Ronsard Glass with Sepia Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase “Ronsard” made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1926.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition. Original glued handles. Great patina.
height: 21 cm
Félix Mar...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Rene Lalique Topaz Glass Bacchantes Vase
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique Topaz Glass Bacchantes Vase. This pattern features ten dancing nude women in relief. The women represent Bacchantes from Greek mythology, who were a group of women who f...
Category
1920s French Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
René Lalique, France, Rare Domremy Art Glass Vase in Emerald Green, Ca 1926
Located in Copenhagen, DK
René Lalique, France.
Rare Domremy art glass vase in emerald green with thistles in relief.
Approx. 1926.
Marcillac n. 979.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Dimensions: H 22.8 x...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Bertoncello Ceramic Vase By Roberto Rigon, Italy 70s
Located in Lucija, SI
Large ceramics vase designed by Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello in Italy in the 70s
Perfect conditions
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
1924 René Lalique - Vase Aras Parrots Teal Green Glass White Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Aras" made in teal green glass with white patina by René Lalique in 1924.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition. Extraordinary and extremely rare color.
height: 23 cm
Félix Ma...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Early 20th Century Chinese Terracotta Jar
Located in Delray Beach, FL
This jar made by hand with exceptional floral and Chinese calligraphy motifs marked on it, and beautifully glazed with olive color.
The unique look in this jar show as that while in...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Longwy French Art Deco Ceramic Bowl
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning Art Deco period faience bowl, made in France by the Emaux de Longwy art pottery workshop and dating circa 1920-30s. This earthenware bowl is hand-decorated with Chinoiseri...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Enamel
French Faience Fleur-de-Lys Vase, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Large French French Faience fleur-de-lys vase, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Vases
Materials
Faience
Emile Galle Large Cameo Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Galle Tall vase with maple branches
France, c. 1907-1907
Wheel carved and Acid-etched Cameo Glass Vase
Height: 21.5 Inches X 8 Inch diameter (55 × 20 cm)
Condition: Very Good...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Ewald Dahlskog – Lovely shaped Turquoise vase - Bo Fajans Sweden 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely turquoise naturally shaped vase designed by Ewald Dahlskog at Bo Fajans, Sweden in the 1930s. The vase is 15 cm (6") high and in excellent condition. It has a lovely glaze.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Scailmont Art Deco Glass Vase, Belgium, circa 1930
Located in Delft, NL
Scailmont Art Deco Glass Vase, Belgium, circa 1930
Verreries de Scailmont, made by Charles Catteau (1880-1966), circa 1930. Mold blown, acid satin finish Art Deco vase. The Scailmon...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Vases
Materials
Glass
South Holland, Gouda. Antique and unique Art Nouveau vase in glazed ceramic.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
South Holland, Gouda.
Antique and unique Art Nouveau vase in glazed ceramic with hand painted flowers.
Polychrome glaze.
Circa 1900.
In perfect condition, with natural crazing.
Mar...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three 1970s Heavy Crystal Vases
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A handsome set of Italian crystal vases each with exceptional weight. We found this set in Rome with some signs of wear so have had them restored here in Florence by our glass expert...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Antique Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Hawk Floral Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vase with an eagle. Circa early 20th century, 1900s. The vase is decorated with an autumn landscape with white chrysanthemums and an image ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Enamel
1921 René Lalique - Vase Ronces Cased Opalescent Glass With Blue Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Ronces" made in cased opalescent glass with blue patina by René Lalique in 1921.
Engraved signature.
Perfect condition. very nice patina.
height: 23.5 cm
Félix Marcilhac, R...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
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
Antique Glass Vase Loetz PG 1/413 Decoration 1901 signed Vienna Jugendstil
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Vase, Johann Loetz Witwe, PG 1/413 decoration, circa 1901, signed
Material and technique: glass, mould-blown and freeform, reduced and iridescent
Bib.: A. Adlerova, E. Ploil, H. R...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Old Sevres Type Gilt Porcelain Vase with Hand Painted Flower Baskets & Ribbons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique Sevres type porcelain vase.
With rich gilding and handpainted flower baskets & ribbons throughout.
Marked to the based with a blue Sevres type interlaced...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Terracotta Vase with 'Fire' Glaze, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual vase hand-painted in orange, yellow and brown nuances - mimicing fire. Designed and manufactured by Knabstrup in Denmark during the 1920s. Similar in appearance to designs by...
Category
1920s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Earthenware
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
Rene Lalique Opalescent Glass 'Ceylan' Vase
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique Opalescent Glass 'Ceylan' Vase. Blue staining to details. This pattern features parakeets, side by side. Wheel cut and engraved ma...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Vase
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Chinese Famille Rose
Rouleau Vase
Republic Period (1912-1949)
Finely enameled with two ladies in conversation
at the table in a garden setting.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Pottery
Glass Vase Tin Mounting Gilt Loetz Austrian Jugendstil Rainbow Colors circa 1900
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Glass vase manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe Tricolore decoration tin metal mounting designed by Bitter & Gobbers ca. 1900 Austrian Jugendstil gilt mould-blown reduced and iridescen...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Vases
Materials
Glass
Rene Lalique Opalescent Glass Moissac Vase
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique Opalescent Glass 'Moissac' Vase. This pattern features deeply embossed leaves around the sides. Wheel cut makers mark, 'R LALIQUE FRANCE' to the underside. Book referenc...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Henri-Laurent DESROUSSEAUX (1862-1906), L'Isle Adam: French Art Nouveau Vase
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Henri-Laurent DESROUSSEAUX (1862-1906), L'Isle Adam: Art Nouveau vase in terracotta with an enamel finish, featuring a relief decoration of branches and hazel leaves with a bronze pa...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Set of 3 Antique Dutch Delft Floral Garniture Vases
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous petite set of three antique Delft transferware garniture vases made between 1900 and 1930, attributed to Mosa in Maastricht, the Netherlands. No maker's mark. This fine ga...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Vases
Materials
Delft, Porcelain
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Coralbell Decor, France, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Baluster vase with a flush base, slightly conical towards the top, steep shoulders tapering to a narrow neck with a flared rim, colourless glass with colour powder infusions in flaky...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Vases
Materials
Glass
Beautiful Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Vase Having a Trefoil Shaped Base
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful, graceful, Art Nouveau Period, sterling silver vase, having a trefoil-shaped base, Sheffield, England, year- hallmarked for 1903, William Mammatt and Son - makers. Measures...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Studios Rare Iridescent Favrile Large Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios by Louis Comfort Tiffany Large Red and Gold Iridescent Floriform Glass Vase. This is a rare form and red color that will be a must addition to the discerning Tiffany ...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Large Creme Floor Vase - Höganäs Andersson & Johansson - Erik Ivarsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
A large creme-colored floor vase designed by Erik Ivarsson at Andersson & Johansson in Höganäs, Sweden. The vase is 47 cm high and in excellent condition except from a minor un-glaze...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Sommerso vase by Petr hora, blue glass, Czech Republic, 1970
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Superb Sommerso vase designed and produced by Petr Hora in the Czech Republic in the 1970s. Square blue glass vase handcrafted by the Czech artist using the ...
Category
1970s Czech Hollywood Regency Vintage Vases
Materials
Crystal
Dutch Delft Blue Handpainted Vase
By Delft
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Nice Delft blue pottery vase, handprinted by Gewina Delft.
Category
1970s Dutch International Style Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Signed Monumental Italian Porcelain Fiori Urn Floor Vase
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent and impressive sized vintage Italian hand painted lidded Fiori urn form vase. Exquisitely polychrome decorated floral, scrollwork motif, rich color, shaped top surmounted with large finial, hexagonal base, signature, elegantly aged patina over the whole.
Artist signed: "M Dalla Costa...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Jugendstil Loetz Vase, circa 1903
By Loetz Glass
Located in Wien, AT
Jugendstil Loetz vase, circa 1903
Original condition.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Vases
Materials
Glass
Wedgwood Black Basalt Vase With Kintsugi Repair
By Wedgwood
Located in Brisbane, QLD
With its unique kintsugi style repair, this Wedgwood black basalt vase has become one of a kind. The flared trumpet style vase was made by Wedgwood in the ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Ceramic
1926 René Lalique Vase Tourbillons Glass with Original Black Enamel
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Tourbillons" made in clear glass with original black heated enamel in 1926 after a drawing by René Lalique.
Engraved signature on bottom.
Perfect original condition. Full rim...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
1970s Astonishing Green Vase #1376 by Tamara Aladin Vase for Riihimaki/Riihimaen
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Astonishing green vase #1376 by Tamara Aladin for Riihimaki/Riihimaen Lasi Oy. The item is in excellent condition. Made in Finland. This vase is a sculpture and is part of the ...
Category
1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Rene Lalique Opalescent Glass 'Malines' Vase
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique opalescent glass 'Malines' vase. Pattern features fern fronds, climbing up the sides. Stencilled makers mark, 'R LALIQUE FRANCE' ...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Very Large Antique Signed Gallé French Art Nouveau Green Cameo Art Glass Vase
By Gallé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, very large scale antique French art glass vase.
In green tones.
With acid-cut back cameo grapes, grape leaves, & vines.
Signe...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Vase Amphora Austria Art Nouveau Bohemia Teplitz Ceramics Secessionist
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This large and unusual floral hand-decorated double-handled ceramic vase by Ampora Turn-Teplitz showcases the characteristic artistic sensibilities of the Art Nouveau Vienna Secessio...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Murano glass vases signed Costantini
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of large Mid-Century Modern Murano glass vases, signed Costantini. Italy 1970s.
The vases are priced and sold by pair.
The large Italian vases are handmade and entirely in Muran...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
1970's Engraved Bronze Vase by Esa Fedrigolli
Located in Paris, FR
A beautiful bronze vase from the 1970s, handcrafted in Italy signed by the renowned artist Esa Fedrigolli. This organically shaped decorative piece features intricate engravings in t...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Bronze
Arts & Crafts Scarab Vase by Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Located in Chicago, US
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“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
1920s Chinese Soapstone Hand Carved Floral & Bird Vase
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s Chinese Soapstone Hand Carved Floral & Bird Vase
All one piece - base and vase cannot be separated
Beautifully decorated to the front with a high-relief flower branch and bird...
Category
1920s Unknown Vintage Vases
Materials
Soapstone
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
Rene Lalique Opalescent Glass 'Rampillon' Vase
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique Opalescent glass 'Rampillon' vase. This pattern features deeply embossed diamond shapes, surrounded by flowers and leaves. M...
Category
1920s French Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
E Gallé, Large Vase With Comumbines, Art Nouveau
By Émile Gallé
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large multi-layered glass vase, with acid-etched decoration, of comumbines in flowers and buds
Japanese-style Gallé signature
Good condition, no cracks or chips
Early 20th century...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Lovely antique cloisonne shaped vase
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique cloisonné shaped vase, having a lovely shaped vase decorated with flowers in beautiful blue and gold colours.
D. 1920
Category
Early 20th Century Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Art Nouveau Daum Nancy Pedestal Vase
By Daum
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Art Nouveau Daum Nancy Pedestal Vase
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Decorative French art nouveau vase
Located in grand Lancy, CH
French art nouveau vase
Category
Early 20th Century French Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Glass "Hull" Vase by Michael Bang, Holmegaard
By Holmegaard
Located in Riverdale, NY
Mouth blown clear glass Hull (hole) vase, designed by Michael Bang for Holmegaard Denmark, 1970s. Produced between 1973-1978.
Vase has multiple holes to place and arrange flowers in...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Glass
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Ruby Papillon Glass And Gilt Metal Mounted Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Gilt Metal Monted Glass Vase. A highly sought after vase culminating the zenith of Loetz and the Art Nouveau design.
Czech Republic
Circa 1900
Rubin Ruby Papillon Decor
Metal mount with indistinct impressed marks for Boudon and Klur
Height: 10.5 Inches x 8 Inches wide x 5 Inches deep
Condition: Very good with wear commensurate of age and use with some loss to gilt,
The Loetz glassworks existed in Klostermuhle, Austria, for just over a hundred years, starting from 1840. But its heyday was during the life-time of Max Ritter Von Spaun, grandson of the original Johann Loetz who had founded the company. Von Spaun took over the company in 1879 and ran it until 1908, a year before his death. He was assisted by Eduard Prochaska, his technical specialist, and together they invented, designed and produced a whole series of wonderful new types of glass, taking out several patents and winning awards at all the major world exhibitions during the 1890's and the first years of the new century.
The Loetz company were amongst the leaders in Art Nouveau design and expecially in irridescent art glass. "Papillon" glass, like the vase on the left, is sometimes known today as "oil spot" glass. Another favourite Loetz colouring was irridized glass with pulled trails called "Phenomenon" glass. There were irridized vases with ribbons of metallic colours winding over the surface, and many spectacular designs with applied trails of beautiful colours, or simply pulled out of the body of the glass to form handles or decoration.
About 1900 the company started collaborating with outside designers, and some great artists designed pieces for Lotz, notably Joseph Hofmann, Koloman Moser, Maria Kirchner, and Hofstatter.
In 1908 Loetz was taken over by Max Von Spaun's son, also called Max, and although it struggled financially (going through bankruptcy in 1911 and again in 1931) there were several great designers whose work was produced by Loetz during those years and through the art deco period. These included Adolf Beckert...
Category
Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Vases
Materials
Metal
Two German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Fat Lava Vase by Kreutz, Germany, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing set of two midcentury studio art pottery vase made in Germany, circa 1970s, by Kreutz Keramik. Vases in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Signed wi...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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.