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Vases For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Color:  Beige
A French Faience Vase
Located in New York, NY
A unique and beautiful faience jug attributed to French ceramicist Emile Tessier. One of a series in our inventory, this vase not only has a beautiful form, but it features hand-scu...
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Mid-20th Century French Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Vase Gianmaria Potenza for la Murina, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Vase Gianmaria Potenza for la Murina, 1960s.      
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Glass

Piero Fornasetti Mani Con Farfalle Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Piero Fornasetti collaborated with Studio Ars Labor,Industrie Riunite (S.A.L.I.R.) on a series of cold -painted enamel vases in 1935. Originally debuted at the VI Triennial of Veni...
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1940s Italian Vintage Vases

Dino Martens "Olaf" Model 3122
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Dino Martens Olaf vase in the Oriente Technique. This series was first presented at the Biennial of 1952.  
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1950s Italian Vintage Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Willy Guhl Concrete Vase, 1960s Switzerland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic concrete vase by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit. Great tabletop vase or planter in a unique weathered hand painted patina. Very unusual shape. Great indoors or outs...
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1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Concrete

Studio Art Glass Vase C.1960
Located in London, GB
Studio glass vase C. 1960. In very good vintage condition.
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1960s Maltese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt stylized face vase in matte gray glazed stoneware with manipulated and applied facial details. Signed to underside: [CB]. American, circa 1965.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Nils Landberg Orrefors Tall Expo Vase, circa 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Orrefors Expo tall tulip vase designed by Nils Landberg. Wonderful glass with exceptional red color that collaborates with the clear glass. A beaut...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Bernard Leach Mid-Century Studio Pottery Salt Glazed Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century salt glazed hand crafted studio pottery vase by renowned English potter Bernard Leach CBE (British, 1887-1979) and made at the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwal...
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1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Flavio Poli Seguso Murano Sommerso Red, Yellow & Clear Glass Teardrop Tall Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
A wonderful Sommerso red and yellow hand blown Murano glass teardrop large vase. Designed by Flavio Poli and manufactured by Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, 1950s. Amazing teardrop shape...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso

Murano Italian Hand Blown Twin Handled Bottle Shaped Millefiori Art Glass Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine Art Deco Italian Murano satin glass millefiori twin handled vase dating from circa 1930-1940. This quality vase is of small bottle shape...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vases

Materials

Blown Glass

Ruscha 342 Fat Lava Vase Organic Western Germany Ceramics Signed 1960s-70s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Classic Ruscha 342 vase was heavily featured in first retrospective exhibition of West German ceramics of the 1960s-1970s in the Graham Cooley Collection that brought Fat Lava ceram...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Large Vase, anonymous, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase, anonymous, Sweden, 1950s Signed. Stoneware. H: 36 cm / 14'' Diameter: 26 cm / 10 1/4''
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Poole Pottery Modernist Floral Vase
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
The design of this Poole Pottery vase belongs to a relatively understudied figure in ceramics design history: Truda Carter. Working as lead designer at the firm for nearly 30 years, Carter was responsible for developing the Poole aesthetic. This vase represents the vibrant Modernist style for which she, and consequently Poole Pottery, was known. This Poole Pottery vase features Truda Carter’s RK pattern, which combines vibrant florals framed within geometric borders. The design is slightly more delicate than other Poole patterns, and the relative sparseness of the pattern allows the beautiful white earthenware to show through. Truda took inspiration for her designs from a variety of sources, including Dutch Gouda pottery, Jacobean embroidery...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Italian Art Deco glass and enamel vase by Guido Balsamo Stella.
Located in Montreal, QC
A clear Murano glass "Garden" vase, blown glass and hand decorated in black and red enamel with floral design resting on a circular applied base in opaque dark glass. Signed to ba...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vases

Materials

Glass

French Ceramic Hand Painted Plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful painted ceramic plate from France, 1960's. Delightful floral motif with owl. Green, yellow and brown hues painted on cream glazed plate. Great hung on the wall as decorativ...
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1960s French Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Large Art Deco Ceramic Vase in Orange-Red-Black-Beige by Boch Frères Belgium 30s
Located in Salzburg, AT
"Large vase Boch Frères (la Louviere) & La Maitrise" from 1938. "Art Deco Vase Boch Frères Keramis Signed [d 1065] (Catalog: Art Deco Vases 1930)". The vase comes from the Atelier ...
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of French Ceramic Art Deco Vases with Crystalline Glaze, Pierrefonds
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A nice pair of two ceramic Art Deco vases from La Faïencerie Héraldique de Pierrefonds Pottery of France. The vases are designed with two curved handles and decorated in a golden bro...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Nesting Brass Vases
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant and finely crafted set of three nesting cylindrical patinated brass vases having applied handles and rolled top edges.
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1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Brass

Original Signed Giovanni DeSimone Hand Painted 'Balloons' Italian Ceramic Vase
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Original and signed by Giovanni DeSimone, this hand-painted vase is full of colour and fun Hand painted scene of Italian children playing with balloons A terrific piece of Giovanni a...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Pair Qing Dynasty Canton Famille Rose Chinese Vases on Stands
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of huge hand-painted porcelain vases / fish bowls on stands in the Chinese Qing Dynasty canton famille rose manner, Mid 20th century in date. The vases feature pan...
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Mid-20th Century Qing Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Boy With Balloons, DeSimone Hand Painted Italian Ceramic Bottle Vase c1960's
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Jolly DeSimone 'Boy With Balloons' tall Italian ceramic bottle vase from the 1960's Hand painted in typical entertaining DeSimone style A 12 inch tall...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Vase by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful ceramic vase by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s. Measure: height 29 cm.
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

DeSimone 'Arms Outstretched' Hand Painted Italian Ceramic Bottle Vase c1960's
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Endearing 'boy with arms outstretched' tall hand painted Italian ceramic bottle vase Square shaped 10 inch tall vase by DeSimone, Italy Signed DeSimone Italy on the base Circa 1960 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Large Iridescent Italian Art Glass Murano Vase Attributed to Ercole Barovier
Located in Montreal, QC
Large gold iridescent Italian art glass Murano vase attributed to Ercole Barovier.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Murano Glass

Whitefriars Mid-Century Controlled Bubble Amber Glass Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and finely made mid-century amber glass vase with controlled bubble patterning by renowned British glass makers Whitefriars. The heavily made hand blown art glass vase stan...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Colorful Abstract Ceramic Pottery Vase by Sawa Franz Schwaderlapp, Germany 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: Sawa Ceramic, Germany Design: Franz Schwaderlapp Decade: 1950s Description: Original vintage 1950s pott...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery, Ceramic

Rare Vintage Hand-painted Ceramic Vase by Antonia Campi for Lavenia, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1957s. This stunning vase is made in white glazed ceramic, which has been hand-painted after and then cooked once again in the oven. It is a rare piece: as a matter...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Modern Murano Soliflore Vase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Mid-Century Modern Murano vase, thick-walled glass with embedded flower decorations. It is a single flower vase, beautiful from every point of view.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass

Scheurich 1960s Vintage Floorvase Fat Lava Model 517-45
Located in Mannheim, DE
Awesome vintage West German vase made by Scheurich in the 1960's to early 1970's, model no. 517-45. Matte off white glaze with colourful fat lava flowers pattern combined with shiny ...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Rosenthal Studio Line by Uta Feyl, White Curved Geometric Porcelain Bisque Vase
Located in New York, NY
Rosenthal Studio line white porcelain bisque vase by Uta Feyl, circa 1980s. Stunning curved geometric shape. Measurements: H 5" W 4.5" D 3.5"
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

René Lalique Setubal Fruiting Foliage Amber Glass Beaker
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning French amber glass beaker in the Setubal design by world renowned jeweller, medallist and glass designer René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945) and dating from around 1931...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vases

Materials

Glass

Carl-Harry Stalhane / SDS VASE / Rorstrand / 1950s
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
The work of Carl-Harry Stalhane, who supported the golden age of Rorstrand with Gunnar Nylund and was active as a designer and art director. Stoneware in the form of simple lines, pr...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Geometric, Stripes, White, Yellow, Black, Red, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, geometric, stripes, signed. Medium scale gourd form vase decorated with alternating vertical stripes, glazed in black, white, gray, yellow, and red. Signed on ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg in a smooth, bulbous form. Pale yellow hare’s fur glaze. Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, renowned for his stoneware vases and vessel...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Midcentury Modern Pair of Vases "Chamotte" Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This is the small size vase of a group called "Charmotte". The name indicates the large fragments of chamotte pieces that was put into the vase to give it that spectacular look. Thes...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

1960s West Germany Handmade Ceramic Vase
Located in Tourcoing, FR
1960s West Germany Handmade Ceramic Vase with beige, black and oliv green color
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1960s European Space Age Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Tommi Parzinger Solid Brass Pitcher For Dorlyn Silversmiths
Located in Doraville, GA
DESCRIPTION A lidded solid brass pitcher design by Tommi Parzinger for Dorlyn Silversmiths. The pitcher is embossed on the bottom “Made by Dorlyn - Silversmiths” with the Tommi Parzinger insignia. The pitcher stands approximately 10 7/8 inches tall and the base is 3 1/8 inches in diameter. BIOGRAPHY OF DESIGNER Tommi Anton Parzinger (1903–1981) was a German interior designer; a lighting, accessories and furniture designer and an artist. Born in Munich in 1903, Parzinger was raised in an artistic family, he studied at the Kunstgewebeschule, focusing his art studies on ceramic, glass, metal and wood crafts , as well as painting. Parzinger immigrated to New York City in 1932, his first job in America was as a designer for Rena Rosenthal, designing metalware and crystel to be sold at her trend setting Madison Avenue shop. During his tenure at Rena Rosenthal Parzinger began creating furniture and accessories to accompany his celebrated work in brass and crystal. His interest in these ancillary pieces grew steadily throughout the 1930’s and in 1938 he took a position designing furniture for Charak in Boston. In 1939 he opened Parzinger Originals, designing custom furnishings for clients and commissioned custom interiors. Parzinger's designs were labeled "high-style modernism", which represented a more idiosyncratic, rarefied midcentury design style. His cosmopolitan designs involved costly, craft-intensive materials and processes using brass accents and lacquer. As his business grew, Parzinger continued his work in graphic design, fashioning packaging, fabrics and wallpapers . He also continued to design furniture, lighting, and accessories for other companies, including Reed and Barton, Lightolier, Salterini Hofstatter, and Dorlyn. In the 1940’s Donald Cameron became his partner and expanded the company with locations at 32 East 57th Street, 601 Fifth Avenue, and 441 Madison Avenue. His designs were used by famous clients such as Billy Baldwin, Marilyn Monroe, members of the DuPont family...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Danish Arne Bang Stoneware Vase with Rosette Flowers Beige Glaze, Art Deco 1930s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Ceramic vase by he Danish ceramist Arne Bang (1901-1983). Made ca. 1930s to 40s. It is decorated with rosette flowers and has a beige / sand colored glaze with a few blue speckles...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Italian Ceramic Vase, White, Green, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Stripes, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Italian ceramic vase, stripes, signed. Small scale chunky footed cylinder vase decorated with “fasce colorate” or colored bands of teal green, blue, orange, yellow, over an off-white...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century French Ceramic zoomorphic vase by Louis Giraud, Vallauris, 1950s
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-Century French Ceramic zoomorphic vase by Louis Giraud, Vallauris, 1950s This is a very original piece, elegant and delicate. The zoomorphic shape is covered in a pure white gla...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Enamel

Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen Small Baca Vase Blue White Ochre Danish 1970s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Small ceramic vase from the Royal Copenhagen "Baca" series designed by Nils Thorsson in the late 1960s. This vase was manufactured in the period 1969 to 1974. It features a geomet...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Royal Copenhagen, Malmer & Thorsson, Faience Vase, Denmark, circa 1960's
Located in Chatham, ON
ROYAL COPENHAGEN - Ellen Malmer/designer - Nils Thorsson/shape designer - Mid Century Modern - Baca series - Aluminia faience vase number 635/3121 - signed on the base ROYAL COPENHAG...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases

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Porcelain

Large Floor Vase - Green Speckled Glaze - Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand
Located in Stockholm, SE
A large floor vase with handle with a lovely green speckled glaze designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand, it´s 45 cm (18") high. It´s in excellent condition except from some minor ma...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Modern Sculptural Vase Rörstrand by Gunnar Nylund, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderfully crafted stoneware vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand 1950s with exceptional yellow green, brown hare fur glaze. Good vintage condition with. Dimensions: Height 25 cm ...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Stoneware

1960s West Germany Handmade Ceramic Vase
Located in Tourcoing, FR
1960s West Germany Handmade Ceramic Vase with beige and brown color outside an beautiful sunny yellow glaze inside
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1960s European Space Age Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Vintage Murano Cornucopia Glass Vases attributed to Archimede Seguso
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Gorgeous pair of Murano Cornucopia glass vases attributed to Archimede Seguso. Finely crafted and infused with gold flecks throughout. A beautiful ad...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Murano Glass

Gunnar Nylund - ARL vase
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:  Gunnar Nylund, one of Sweden's leading ceramic artists, lived and worked all over Scandinavia being involved with Bing & Gröndahl in Denmark, Rörstrand in Swede...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Vases

Materials

Earthenware

3 Rosenthal „Luise“ Midcentury Porcelain Pastel Vases, Fritz Heidenreich, German
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to three lovely mid-century vases from the 1950s. Designed by Fritz Heidenreich and executed by Rosenthal Germany, Kunstabteilung Selb. Made of porcelain / china, available in thr...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Porcelain

Lancel Silver Plated Vase, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Cubist-inspired Lancel vase in silver-plated brass, hallmarks on the bottom.
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Vases

Materials

Brass

Creme color vase - Per Linnemann-Schmidt - Palshus
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description: This small vase was designed by Per Linnemann-Schmidt for his company Palshus. Per established Palshus together with his wife Annelise in 1949 in Sengløse (close...
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1950s Danish Vintage Vases

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Earthenware

Flavio Poli for Seguso Murano Glass Vase, Italy 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Decorative vase by Flavio Poli for Seguso Milano dating from the 1960s. The product is made of submerged Murano glass.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Murano Glass

20th Century Italian Murano Glass Vases Acanthus
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Italian pair of clear Mid-Century Modern “Vetro Artistico di Murano” Murano glass vases, with a stunning large Acanthus leave decor and set on a circular base, in good cond...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Murano Glass

Japanese Ceramic Vase Decorated with Geisha & Cherry Flower Branch, France c1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
French vintage vase typical of traditional japanese culture Ceramic decorated with a geisha holding a fan on one side and with flowering cherry branches and a butterfly. Made circa 1...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

Carl-Harry Stalhane / SRS VASE / Rorstrand / 1950s
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
The work of Carl-Harry Stalhane, who supported the golden age of Rorstrand with Gunnar Nylund and was active as a designer and art director. Stoneware in the form of simple lines, pr...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Midcentury Italian Ceramic Vase, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Italian ceramic vase, marked "Formentor / Italy" to underside, the oviform vase with aqua glazed strie quadrants interpolat...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Large floor vase "Paprika" designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson
Located in Berlin, DE
This large "Paprika" floor vase was designed in the late 1940s by Swedish artist Anna-Lisa Thomson. "Paprika" is a combination of rough, dark pottery and shiny white glaze. Produced ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Large Op Art Abstract Pottery Floor Vase Made by Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1960s Original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality Ger...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases

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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.

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