Vases
Vases For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Color: Black
Pair of Chinese 18th Century Flambe Glazed Trunk Form Vases
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of vases molded as naturalistic plum tree trunks, with applied decorations of flowering plum branches. All are covered by a rich flambe glaze of predominantly fuchsia, with st...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Ancient Egyptian Vessel with Lug Handles
Located in Dallas, TX
This type of Egyptian Vessel was carved from a very hard stone using a simple drill and was most likely used for the storage of ointment or liquids. The small lug handles allowed the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Large Chinese Archaistic Black Patina Bronze Altar Vase
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Chinese bronze vase with decoration in the Archaistic style and dragon mythical beast loop handles.
Category
18th Century Chinese Archaistic Antique Vases
Materials
Bronze
1800's Swedish Mortars made of Öland limestone
Located in Farsta, SE
Mortars made of Öland limestone in the 1800's was used by many in Sweden.
They was known for its durability and ability to withstand wear over time.
Great patina and beautiful depth...
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18th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Vases
Materials
Limestone
1800's Swedish Mortars made of Öland limestone
Located in Farsta, SE
Mortars made of Öland limestone in the 1800's was used by many in Sweden.
They was known for its durability and ability to withstand wear over time.
Heigth: 12 cm
Diameter: 16 cm
...
Category
18th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Vases
Materials
Limestone
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Blue White Platter Plate Qianlong Period 1760
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Quality Hand Decorated in underglaze blue and white ground Chinese Export Large Deep Dish of Centerpiece of Octagonal outline with canted corners, of exceptiona...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Late 18th Century Khmer Brown Glazed Terracotta Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
This Khmer brown glazed terracotta vase is a very stunning piece with its organic shape and all the signs of the time.
The enameled surface well shows its period and for this reasons...
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Late 18th Century Cambodian Primitive Antique Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Spectacular 'Morser', Florence, Italy, 17th century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
The mortar is of exceptional quality. The sculptural execution of the carved decoration is appealing. Large scrolls of leaves terminate in stylized eagle heads. The sides are adorned...
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Mid-17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Vases
Materials
Marble
Ancient Greek Black Glaze Kantharos Wine Cup
Located in London, GB
Greek Black Glaze Kantharos
Circa Early 4th Century B.C.
Terracotta
With old label reading ‘No. 133’
Height: 8.8 cm
This 4th Century B.C. kan...
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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Early 18th Century Coconut and Silver Cup
Located in Brescia, IT
Cups in coconut such as this are especially uncommon and rarely appear on the world's art market. This is a very interesting piece for its fine and rich craftmenships metal silver de...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Vases
Materials
Silver
Amphora-Shaped Porphyry Vase, France, Late 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
This rare Pidocchioso grey porphyry vase, of antique form, which closely relate those visible on a design of an urn attributed to Louis-Jean Desprez (1743...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vases
Materials
Porphyry
First Edition Portland Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1793
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
NOTE: We do not keep this in the showroom. Please let us know if you're visiting and would like to see it.
Rarely does a first edition Portland vase...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Vases
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Antique Jar "e-chi-zen ware" 1603-1800 / Beautiful Baked Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is "Echizen ware".
Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
It is said to have originated around the 9th century.
There are 6 kilns with a long history...
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Vases
Materials
Pottery
Shigaraki Tsubo Stoneware Ceramic Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese ceramic vessel from Shiga, Japan. This piece gains its unique glaze and irregularities from the firing process in which wood is added...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Exceptional Pair Dr. Wall Period Royal Worcester Exotic Bird Vases, C. 1770
Located in Gardena, CA
Exceptional pair Dr. wall period Royal Worcester exotic bird 22" vases c1770
An extortionary pair of early Worcester porcelain vases from ...
Category
18th Century Antique Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Early 18th Century Blue and White Dutch Delft Clobbered Vase
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A blue and white Dutch delft vase made circa 1700, with clobbered-style polychrome enamels added in the mid-18th century.
This brightly colored blue and white Dutch delft vase is a ...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Vases
Materials
Delft, Pottery
Nils Thorsson Marselis Scandinavian Ceramic Bowl for Royal Copenaghen, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian ceramic “Marselis” serie bowl designed by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenaghen, marked under the base, Denmark 1950s
Please note that the item is original of the period...
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1650s Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Antique Pottery Black Vase / Satsuma Ware / 1600-1800/Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a vase baked in Kagoshima prefecture in Kyushu called Satsuma ware in Japan. (The location of Satsuma ware is marked in red on the Japanese map.)
In general, Satsuma ware is well known for its luxurious decorations in various colors, but it is made for the upper class and for export.
This black Satsuma...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Vases
Materials
Pottery
Unusual Near Pair of Khmer Vessels, Angkor Wat Period, 11th-12th Century
Located in Jesteburg, DE
An unusual near pair of Khmer brown glazed stoneware baluster pedestal vases, Angkor Wat Period, 11th to 12th century.
The vase of baluster form, with a wide, bulging body set on a narrow pedestal foot. The neck of the vase wide and squat, rising to an everted mouth with a thick rim. The body glazed in a beautiful brown, typical of Khmer stonewares.
For a very similar example, please see the one in the collection of the Mussee Guimet, Paris, accession number MA 3562. or National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Ascession No AS1-1980.
Khmer ceramics...
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15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Other Antique Vases
Materials
Pottery
Ban Chiang Burnished and Incised Black Pottery Vessel, 1200-800 BC, Thailand
Located in Austin, TX
A large and dramatic Ban Chiang Culture burnished black pottery vessel with incised geometric designs, early period, circa 1200 - 800 BC, Khorat Plateau, Northe...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Vases
Materials
Pottery
18th Century French Huge Copper Water Container
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
The c...
Category
Early 18th Century French Country Antique Vases
Materials
Copper
Chinese Powder-Blue Gilt-Decorated Jars, 18th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of Chinese 18' century powder-blue gilt-decorated jars.
Each gold painted with a composite floral patterns.
Measure: Height 43 cm.
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Rörstrand Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Design Ceramic Vase, 1950s
By Rörstrand
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern design ceramic vase designed by Rörstrand with matte glaze, Sweden, 1950s.
Category
1650s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Black and Green Leaf Glazed Porcelain Pear Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (17th Century-style) black glazed ceramic pear-shaped vase decorated with a green leaf on the front and back.
Category
17th Century Chinese Export Antique Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Black and Green Leaf Glazed Porcelain Globular Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (17th Century-style) black glazed porcelain globular vase decorated with a green leaf on the front and back.
Category
17th Century Chinese Export Antique Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three Mesoamerican Bowls, 'Pre Columbian/Chauvin' 900 B.C-1500 A.D.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of three Mesoamerican bowls, (Pre Columbian/Chauvin) 900 B.C.-1500 A.D.
Stone, hand-carved
Measures: Height 2.5, diameter 7.75 in.
Height 3.5, diameter 8.5 in.
Height 3.5, ...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Vases
Materials
Stone
18th Century Japanese Gennai Ware Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century Japanese Gennai Ware vase, known for its bright coloring, Gennai Ware was produced by Hiraga Gennai (1728-1780), a scientist and intellectual who lived in what is now Shido, Kagawa Prefecture. Gennai Ware is stylistically similar to Kochi Ware which is an early Chinese pottery...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Mesoamerican Bowls, 'PreColumbian/Chauvin' 900 B.C. - 1500 A.D.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of three Mesoamerican bowls, (PreColumbian/Chauvin) 900 B.C. - 1500 A.D.
Stone, hand-carved
Measures: Height 2 diameter 7 in.
Height 3 diameter 9 in.
Height 4.25 diameter 9.5 in...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Vases
Materials
Stone
Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Chosen Karatsu Ware
Located in Atlanta, GA
The long neck bottle of classic form was heavily potted with coarse clay with high iron content. The flask, circa 18th century Edo period, was purposed for sake storage but also substituted as a flower vase during tea ceremony. The surface is covered in glossy black glaze and contrasts strikingly with white ash glaze around the shoulder. The white, fired with straw, displays a splashing feather effect and fine crackles, blending in with the black artistically. This type of Karatsu ware...
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18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Polished basalt, decorated with Victoria, Goddess of Victory, in her chariot; possibly after a Roman model such as the wall paintings at Herculaneum. T...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Korean Celadon Glazed Ritual Ewer, Kundika, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-14th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An understated and very heavily potted celadon glazed Korean ritual ewer or water sprinkler, kundinka, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-14th century.
The unusu...
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15th Century and Earlier Korean Antique Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Two Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Bible Boxes with Silver Mounts, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tortoiseshell and silver
H. 5 x W. 22 x D. 12 cm
Tortoiseshell and silver
H. 4.3 x W. 17 x D. 9.5 cm
The function of bible boxes in the Dutch East Indies was just as much a status symbol, to show off one's wealth on the way to church, as it was to hold a small bible or hymnbook. Bible boxes existed in gold, silver, ivory, sometimes inlaid with precious stones, and in Coromandel or ebony wood. In the Dutch East Indies on the way to church, the women tried to display their fortune by the costliness of her bible box. The highest-ranking women had gold bible boxes, inlaid with precious stones, carried by a slave. The lower-ranking women had wooden bible boxes as the present ones. In 1754 Governor-General Jacob Mossel decreed that only the wives and widows of a Governor-General, Director General, Councillor of India or President of the Justice Council, were allowed to carry golden boxes...
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18th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Antique Vases
Materials
Silver
Shield-Shaped Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1773
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A shield-shaped vase, decorated to resemble porphyry, and highlighted with gilding.
Marked for Wedgwood & Bentley.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Etruscan "Bucchero" Black Ware Two Handle Vase
Located in London, GB
An Etruscan "bucchero" black ware two handle vase dating from the 6th century BC.
Adorned with boar designs in relief around the body of vessel and a single standing human figure in...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Other Antique Vases
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Chinese Powder-Blue Gilt-Decorated Jars, 18th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Each gold painted with a composite floral patterns.
Measure: Height 43 cm.
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Vases
Materials
Porcelain
7th Century Maya Vase
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A large ceramic cylindrical vase of the Maya culture, Dzibanché, Quintana Roo, Mexico Classical period, 550 to 950 AD. Its black glaze accentuates the gadrooned flanks which form a repetitive linear decor. Three circles are incised on the neck and on the lower part of the container. Incrustation remains on one side and small restaurations on 2 flanks. Both only contributing to the esthetic of this piece.
Intriguingly its form is reminiscent to predynastic Egyptian...
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Spectacular 18th Century Carved Limestone Garden Vase, France 1780.
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautifully carved with vines, grapes, Bacchus heads, acanthus leaves on a gordon base.
Fine patina -end of 18th century. Probably French.
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vases
Materials
Limestone
Wedgwood Rosso-Antico Vase, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Wedgwood Rosso-Antico Vase, Circa 1790
Category
1790s Antique Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Powder-Blue Gilt-Decorated Jars,
18th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Each painted with a composite floral patterns.
Hight 43 cm.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Vases
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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