Late 20th Century Vases

Article: OP art porcelain vase Producer: Hutschenreuther, Germany Designer: Heinrich Fuchs Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage OP Art vase was produced an...

Cobalt blue glass vase designed by Gino Cenedese and Maurizio Albarelli for Cenedese et Albarelli, circa late 1970s. Exquisite and striking piece.. Deep cobalt blue swirls interspace...

TAMARA ALADIN, VASE, glass, "Kleopatra", Riihimäen Lasi, 1970-73. Series designed in 1969. The vase is a true masterpiece. Its elegant and timeless design will add a touch of sophistication to any space. Made with finest craftmanship, this vase showcases the perfect blend of form and function. Free-form blown glass...

Large Murano glass vase in a cylindrical shape. The clear glass is set off in red at the edge and changes to dark blue at the bottom.

An amazing pottery vase made in Germany, by Bay Ceramic, circa 1970s. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Signed like seen in the picture.

Veronique Grandjacques, Midcentury abstract ceramic sculpture vase White and black ceramic glazes colors, circa 1980. Signed under the base. Measures: Height 45cm.

Very beautiful pique flowers or deposit glass pencils designated and produced in france in the 1980s. Beautiful design object that will decorate your interior perfectly. Ref: 1019.

Diminutive midcentury Italian ceramic bottle by Bruno Gambone (circa 1970s). Elegantly cylindrical with a two-toned glaze, one glossy black, the...

This is a tall vintage art vase. An Italian, glass stem or posy sleeve, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. Period decor accentuates this slender, fascinating vase Display...

This large Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vase features a beautiful multi color design. The vase is adorned with intricate figurative patterns, showcasing traditional Chinese artistr...

Exquisite vase in hand painted Hungarian porcelain by Herend. In "flower bouquet" pattern. Modern Vase with the charm of the 19th century. Since 1826, Herend's factory has been one o...

Zenith gouda Holland purple ceramic vase , 1970s Dimensions: 16cm Diameter, 12,5cm Height Condition: Good

European studio ceramicist. Unique ceramic vase, cylindrical. Glaze in grey and brown tones. Unglazed at the bottom. Dating: Ca. 1980s. Indistinct artist signature. In excellent cond...

Pair of chelsea house hand painted French Empire style ceramic vases.

A unique blown deconstructed creation by Vistosi in Memphis Group style worked with an unusual and rare technique, the decor in the crystal clear Murano glass organic body consists o...

A tall ceramic vase made in the tradition of Shigaraki ware by Japanese potter Takahashi Shunsai (1927-2011), the fourth heir of the famed Rakusai lineage of potters. The vase is heavily potted in the reddish sandy Shigaraki clay. It has a Classic vase form made for Ikebana display. The surface is thickly draped with natural ash glaze that deposited onto the body during the firing process in the kiln. It also features decoration of carved lines. Nuggets of feldspar were incorporated in the clay and exposed onto the surface as crystal like jewels. Substantial and archaic looking, the vase also has a strong modern appeal due to its Mingei styling. It was signed on the base with a pressed seal Shunsai as shown. The vase comes with its original wood storage box (tomobako) with bears the title and signature in Kanji and a seal. It also retains a paperwork noting the artist's biography and practice philosophy in Japanese. Born in Shigaraki, Shunsai was the second son of renowned potter Takahashi Rakusai...

Beautiful set of two Sommerso Murano glass vases made in the 1970s. These two small vases have nice soft colors, with blue glass submerged into light yellow glass, finished with clea...

A very large, asymmetrical modernist Murano glass vase. It's reminiscent of the style of the 1980s Memphis Design school. The large scale of this vase simply makes it a comman...

studio made ceramic weed pot for several stems. beautiful drop glaze with imprints. stamped by maker in underside.

Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...

Grazia 215 vase by Stig Lindberg for Gustavberg studio. The vase has a white matte glaze with intricate raised silver painted motifs depicting a half nude woman holding grapes, sur...

Bitossi ball vase, stripes, purple blue, white, red, signed. Chunky medium scale lavender glazed spherical vase with tight hard edge stripes in blue,...

Lladró porcelain pheasant centerpiece / planter by Vicente Martinez. Beautiful porcelain pheasant figurine centerpiece or planter in blue, cobalt blu...

Postmodern studio art pottery vessel/ vase. The glazed areas of green contrast beautifully with the unglazed tan clay. This is a striking piece that looks wonderful as part of a grou...

A beautiful wheel thrown studio pottery vase by ceramicist, Barbara Sebastian of Marin, CA. Decorated in purple and blue glazes. Signed on the base.

Missoni, a clothing brand that is world famous for their colorful textiles, partnered with Arte Vetro Murano a glass blower from Venice Italy world fa...

Bring home elegance with this Chinese Qing Dynasty style blue and white vase, featuring intricate floral motifs and classic craftsmanship. We sell items as acquired, without resto...

Impressive cut crystal vase by renowned cristallerie Saint Louis Cristal manufacturers handicraft in Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche, France. Fine mouth blown and hand cut crystal vase with ...

Hard to find set of three post-modern geometric ceramic vases by James Johnston, circa 1980s. The vases have a mat green glazed stoneware finish with sharp geometric lines and are s...

Pair of Villeroy & Boch vases / urns 'Bijou' designed by Paloma Picasso in the late 1970s Bone china, bulbous form with red. green and blue colored jewel stones and gold stripe deco...

Beautiful Italian Murano Venetian style hand blown orange art glass decorative handkerchief vase. Sculptural handcrafted decorative bowl in an organic form in a bright orange case in...

Rare RC Gorman "LEA" limited edition hand-painted, hand-signed, and numbered ceramic vase with a seated southwestern woman. It has a few scuffs and scratches from being moved over the years. "LEA" is a beautiful large piece which measures approximately 17.5" x 12". it is a hand-cast ceramic vase numbered 58 / 150. the colors are papaya orange, ice grey, white, black, regency purple...

A vase in brass designed at AB Svenska Metallverken. The vase is 23 cm high and in excellent condition except from engraving at the base and some scratches.

Maria Torstensson for Royal Copenhagen, porcelain vase with glaze in blue shades. Drop-shaped decoration. Dating: 1996-2000. Marked. Perfect condition. First factory quality. Dimensi...

Vase made of glass murano by Licio Zanetti, production circa 1970s. Excellent condition, no breaks or missing, see photos. Dimensions: H= 35 cm; D= 23 cm. Professional packaging and...

Rare and beautiful vase realized in Die Cast and Engraved Aluminium by Lorenzo Burchiellaro in 1970s. Engraved signature on the base. Very good conditino.

Ceramic vase by Danish ceramist Tue Poulsen (born 1939) from his own studio. Made ca 1970s. It is made with chamotte clay and has a rustic expression with incised stripes in earthen...

A stylish vintage British studio pottery twin handled vessel by Colin Pearson. The vessel is made in porcelain and is of cylindrical shape with ...

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999. Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide. There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail. If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back. They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy. Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says. In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest. “Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making. Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...

Gorgeous deep green glazed ceramic bottle vase by an unknown Japanese artist, c1970s. It almost looks like a bronze vase. The green glaze is incredible and has a ton of depth.

Pair of Gold Fleck Costantini Murano glass vases encased in a profusion of applied filament glass. They are signed Costantini Murano on t...

Ceramic Vase - Ceramic Sculpture - Italian Ceramic Vase - Rare Object This is an intriguing and rare ceramic vase, coated in a shiny chromed paint coat. Handcrafted in a playful an...

Monumental Longwy Musique Faience Vase Designed by Danillo Curetti, late 20th century Marks: FOLMOUTH'S, jm, TIRAGE NUMEROTE No 8, DECORÉ à la MAIN, (crown-coat of arms), EMAUX DE LO...

A really cool modernist MCM solid staved teak bud vase, circa the 1970s. The vase is in very good vintage condition and measures 2.75"D x 9.75"H. Great looking piece! #4388RM

Blown glass vase Wrapped 3314, signed VENINI Italy, design by Tomaso BUZZI. ORIGIN Italy PERIOD 1982 DESIGNER Tomaso BUZZI MARK Venini MODEL 'Wrapped' 3314 MATERIALS Blown glas...

Kosta Boda 'Soliflore' Vase, c. 1970 Execution: Blown glass, cream and orange. Signed: Boda and numbered. (picture 4) H : 14 cm (5.5") Overall Very good condition Small blow...

1970s Gorgeous space age pair of vases in Murano glass by Enrico Coveri. These vases are two sculptures and they are in excellent conditions. Signed at the bottom. Made in Italy diam...

Vintage ceramic vase in blue and cream glaze, Circa 1970s.

Light blue Murano glass vase by Venini, designed by Alessandro Mendini in the 1980s Ø cm 18,5 h cm 12,5 Alessandro Mendini from the end of the 70s was among the innovators of Itali...

The Argos vase by Cesar Baldaccini for Daum, France, 1970s, is a magnificent work of art that seamlessly blends form and function. Designed by the renowned French sculptor, Cesar Bal...

NETO PARA - Vintage studio pottery vase with a mottled copper glaze and incised decoration - signed on the base NETO PARA - Brazil - circa 1970's. The incised decoration covers the ...

This exquisite artistic vase epitomizes the 1970s Murano glass craftsmanship, masterfully executed by Flavio Poli for Seguso. Renowned for his innovative use of the sommerso techniqu...

AMBIANIC presents Studio Art Pottery Earthenware Textured Vase Vessel 11 h x 8 w x 8 d unsigned Original vintage preowned Refer to all images

French mid century vase manufactured by St. Clément. Model number 9090. Nice combination of 2 kinds of glazes: orange, red and yellow lava glaze and black and brown stripe pattern. ...

Outstanding looking, multicolored large Murano glass vase from the late 20th century around 1975 in Italy. This beautifully shaped, super dark purple, actually black looking glass bo...

A sizable Murano glass vase designed and produced in Italy, c. 1970s. Dimensions: 12.125” H x 12.375” diameter 

Original Mid-Century Modern Haeger Floral handcrafted pottery flower vase in mint green glaze. Made in America. Original foil label at the base. Impressi...

A great pair of Art glass pieces.