Modern Vases
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Style: Modern
Color: Red
Extra Small Cuore Coccole Vase in Murano Glass by Maria Christina Hamel
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Troncocono Vase in Red and White by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
This vase sums up the essential qualities of stability, beauty, color, price and distinction of the Carlo Moretti brand. Red horizontal streaks on orange and ivory vertical streaks.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Rare Emaux de Longwy Ceramic Boule Vase by Garouste and Bonetti Limited 1 of 5
Located in Miami, FL
This Boule vase “Ornament “ is a rare limited edition numbered 1/5 by Elizabeth Garouste was born in 1949 in Paris and Mattia Bonetti in 1952 in Lugano (Switzerland). They pooled their work from 1980 to dedicate themselves to the creation of pieces of furniture and interior decoration. They start with the decoration of the Palace that Fabrice Eamer asks them to design. Then shortly after, the Néotu Gallery publishes them. Their furniture, baroque and barbarian, surprises, made up of heterogeneous and unusual materials, such as rock, hammered bronze, raffia, leather, skin, logs and glass ... They are at the instigation of fashion "barbaric". For their work, they use references such as the Middle Ages, Africa, through the poetry of Cocteau, the Venetian baroque and neoclassicism. They have also been edited by the “Waiting for the Barbarians” galleries, David Gill, Kréo, Lou Fagotin...
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Venini Idria Large Glass Vase in Red
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Idria glass vase series, designed and manufactured by Venini, features three different shaped vases. Indoor use only.
Dimensions: Ø 26, H 36 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Venini Oman Vase in Gray, Red & Aquamarine by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Oman glass vase in Gray/red/aquamarine by Ettore Sottsass. Handblown glass.
Numbered edition for year
Color: Gray/Red/Aquamarine
Dimensions: Ø 33.5 cm, H 40 cm
Year of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Fazzoletto Glass Vase in Red by Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with pinched rim in red designed by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini in 1948. Perfect for indoor home decor as container, vide-poche or statement piece for any room...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
"Kelo" Art Glass Vase
By Timo Sarpaneva, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Kelo" Italian art glass vase by
Timo Sarpaneva for Venini & Co.
Glass, clear, black, white and red. Marked: Venini 90 Sarpaneva (engraved).
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Spaghetti M Vase Soft Resin Red
Located in barasso, IT
Spaghetti vase, red.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: L ø 16cm x H 26cm
Other sizes available.
Colours: Red.
Va...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Resin
Large Red Handmade Murano Bowl, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Decorative and meticulously crafted in Murano glass, this bowl boasts a distinctive leaf shape and substantial weight. The interplay of red and clear glass forms a harmonious blend, ...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Labuan Small Glass Vase in Orange by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A classical form inspired by faraway places, magically projected in the contemporary world by the new colours.
It draws inspiration from faraway places, halfway between fantasy an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Veronese Glass Vase in Red and Crystal by Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with cylindrical body and crystal decorative base. Featured in red colored class with crystal designed in 1921. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Venini 'Where Are My Glasses?' Single Lens Glass Vase in Red by Ron Arad
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with slim shaped neck and black glass glasses sculpture. Featured in red colored glass. Perfect for indoor home decor as containe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Huge Red Opaline Glass Vase by Carlo Nason Eklettika Vintage Murano Studio Art
By Carlo Nason
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Elegant red opaline glass Vase by Carlo Nason of the "Eklettika" series is a stunning work of art made from high-quality red opaline glass. The vase is large in size, making it a com...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
1980s Modernist Red Sommerso Murano Glass Tall Vase by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A red sommerso murano glass vase designed and manufactured in Venice By Seguso in the Eighties, vase it's in perfect condition. This Tall Vase by Seguso it's a beautiful and collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Red and Black Marble Style Glass Murano Vase, Modern, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown red and black Italian art glass handkerchief vase. Measures: 9 3/4" wide x 10" wide on top and 14" tall. A beautiful piece of art for any room.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Art Glass Vase by Toso
Located in New York, NY
An italian Art Glass vase by Toso.
Orange and clear glass with air bubble details and gold dust inclusions.
Etched signature on the bottom: Toso / Murano.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Large I Cinesi Vase in Bright Red by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Large I Cinesi Vase in Dark Red by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Contemporary Fish Design Gaetano Pesce Spaghetti L Vase Soft Resin Red Blue
Located in barasso, IT
Spaghetti special vase - Clear aqua and coral red
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: L - ø 22cm x H 36cm
Other sizes availa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Resin
Opalino Sabbiato Glass Vase in Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with slim, oval shaped body and funnel shaped neck.
Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for any room.
It appears in refined colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Large Cuore Vase in Murano Glass by Maria Christina Hamel
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Red Parfum Bottle Vase, Made in Italy, Mouth Blow, Recent Product
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
Murano glass parfum bottle vase, mouth blown, in red color.
Made in Murano and purchased directly from the manufacturer.
Measures: 18cm diameter 20c...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Red and Purple Porcelain Vase by WL Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Red and purple porcelain vase by WL Ceramics
Designer: Norman Trapman
Materials: Porcelain
Dimensions: H20,5 x Ø30 cm
Also available in different ...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Minimalist Ceramic Vase - Red
Located in Lisbon, PT
Created out of a playful approach to materiality and form, this item is a ceramic vase as well as a sculptural piece. The designer Julien Renault chose to mainly follow his intuition...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Red Travertine Tray by Le Lampade
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Red round travertine tray by Le Lampade.
Made in Italy
This item can be also custom made.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Travertine
Standard I Cinesi Vase in Orange by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Kartell Matelasse' Vase in Amber by Patricia Urquiola
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive feature and special allure of these original vases lie in their particular conformation, suggestive of a wafed fabric with irregular sinuosities caused by the differe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Spaghetti L Vase Soft Resin Red
Located in barasso, IT
Spaghetti vase, red.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: L - ø 22cm x H 36cm
Other sizes available.
Colours: Red.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Resin
Lara Bohinc Fortress Treasury Box Red Ceramic Geometric Contemporary, in Stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
Lara Bohinc continues to work with ancient and futuristic forms with new fortress designs, further exploring the complex geometry of this range. The hexagonal shapes interlock and embrace, creating a dynamic play of light and shade on the many surfaces and angles.
Fortress treasury box is a new product...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Fortress Spire Vase Red Ceramic Geometric Contemporary, Lara Bohinc, in Stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
Lara Bohinc continues to work with ancient and futuristic forms with new Fortress designs, further exploring the complex geometry of this range. The hexagonal shapes interlock and embrace, creating a dynamic play of light and shade on the many surfaces and angles. Fortress Spire...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Daniele Papuli for Dilmos Vase Vinyl Red Sculpture Handcrafted
Located in Milan, IT
Red vase designed by Daniele Papuli for Dilmos Edizioni. The sculptural vase is in lamellar structure made of flexible vinyl sheet in red color.
Each red stripe is carefully cut by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Spaghetti XL Vase Soft Resin Red
Located in barasso, IT
Spaghetti vase, red.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: XL - ø 30cm x H 56cm
Other sizes available.
Colours: Red.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Resin
Monofiore Balaton Short Glass Vase in Orange Red Thread Rim by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with full body and textured surface with hexagonal shaped pattern in gold designed in 1970. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Goburam Glass Vase in Midnight Blue and Red by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini geometric glass vase with angular body in midnight blue and red designed by Ettore Sottsass in 2001. Perfect for indoor home decor as conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Large I Cinesi Vase in Orange by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
By putting three layers of glass on one another in three distinct moments colored opaque glass, clear crystal and colored crystal one achieves the amazing effect of a material that p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Labuan Small Glass Vase in Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A classical form inspired by faraway places, magically projected in the contemporary world by the new colours.
It draws inspiration from faraway places, halfway between fantasy an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Monofiore Balloton Small Vase in Red Apple-Green Thread Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monofiore Balloton vase in Amber Murano glass by Venini. It looks soft, but it’s not; it’s glass. The optical illusion of Monofiori by Venini from 1970 lies in its name: Balloton, a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Contemporary Blue Yellow Red Fruit Vase Blown Glass Handcrafted Natalia Criado
Located in Milan, IT
The colorful fruit vase is an extension of Natalia Criado's wonder crystals project. this series of blown glasswares is a testament to timeless craftsmanshi...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Nunki Carlo Moretti Contemporary Mouth Blown Murano Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
Carlo Moretti Nunki contemporary mouth blown Murano glass vase in clear glass with red stripe overlay.
Part of the I Piccoli collection, small in size but gives a considerable amoun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Small Cuore Pensiero Vase in Murano Glass by Maria Christina Hamel
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Profili Sword Lily Murano Glass Vase by Anna Gili
Located in Venezia, IT
Clean lines and contours characterize Anna Gili’s Profili. These vases come in different sizes and their proportions challenge the human eye in a play of concavity and convexity. Cur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Monofiore Balaton Short Glass Vase in Red Apple Green Thread Rim by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with full body and textured surface with hexagonal shaped pattern in gold designed in 1970. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Monofiore Balaton Sabbiato Short Glass Vase in Red by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with full body and textured surface with hexagonal shaped pattern in gold designed in 1970. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Kartell Misses Flower Power Glossy Red by Philippe Starck and Eugenie Quillet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Miss flower power is the planter with an elongated Silhouette and generous dimensions capable of giving a touch of personality to outdoor settings.
Available in black, glossy whit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
21st Century Karim Rashid Mini Bowl Murano Glass Various Colors
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
Kastle mini bowl, Murano glass, by Karim Rashid, 21st century.
Karim Rashid has conceived for Purho a mini collection of bowls and vases characterized by the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Fazzoletto Opalino Small Vase in Red Murano Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fazzoletto Opalino Small Vase in Amber Murano Glass by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini. An exclusive new take on the Opalini technique from the 15t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Opalino Glass Vase in Red Milk White Inside by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with slim, oval shaped body and funnel shaped neck. Featured in aquamarine colored glass. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement piece for a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Contemporary Red Lacquer 4 Petal Pot by Robert Kuo, Hand Repoussé, Limited
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
4 petal pot
Red lacquer
Hand Repoussé
Copper base
Contemporary
Limited edition
Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang dynasty, circa 1600-1100 B.C. These pieces ...
Category
2010s Modern Vases
Materials
Copper
Opalino Glass Vase in Red and Milk-White by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Opalino vase is all about sophisticated and unique colors, thanks to the use of the traditional Opalino technique. This method was first introduced in...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Venini Monofiore Balloton Medium Vase in Red Apple-GreenThread Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monofiore Balloton medium vase in amber Murano glass by Venini. It looks soft, but it’s not; it’s glass. The optical illusion of Monofiori by Venini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Deco Glass Vase in Red by Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase in aquamarine designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in 1930. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room.
Dimensions: 26 cm diameter x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Fazzoletto Opalino Large Glass Vase in Red by Fulvio Bianconi and Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Created from the collaboration between Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini, characterized by a soft shape with a graceful wavy lip, always unique, obtained using the free-hand technique...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Vase Maxi Minimes Red, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
VG participates in creating very distinct environments, spaces in which you can escape from reality; to seek refuge whilst expressing your personality; spaces in which you can breath...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Venini Monofiore Balloton Medium Vase in Orange Red Thread Murano Glass
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monofiore Balloton medium vase in amber Murano glass by Venini. It looks soft, but it’s not; it’s glass. The optical illusion of Monofiori by Venini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Lladró Oriental Vase Sculpture. Red. Limited Edition.
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain vase with limited series oriental decoration where it contrasts between gloss, matte and satin in both the platinum and enamel luster.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Venini Deco Sabbiato Glass Vase in Red by Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Historical vase designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in opal glass with round horizontal ribs. The model is proposed with a sandblasted coat.
Dimensions available:
Ø23 x H24,5cm Kg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Nest Leather Colour Marte Red
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot is a transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot vases collection, designed by Poltr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Leather, Glass
Leather Pot High Glass Vase Covered with Nest Leather Colour Marte Red
Located in New York, NY
Leather pot: transparent glass and soft leather for a family of open vases that can be mixed and matched or used on their own. The Leather Pot high vase, d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Leather, Glass
Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Venini, RAAQUU, VG-VGnewtrend, and Carlo Moretti. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $28 and tops out at $45,920 while the average work can sell for $993.
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