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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
Fan-11 Yellow Vase by Formafantasma
Located in Milan, IT
A perfect synthesis between modern and contemporary influences, this cylindrical ceramic vase - showcased at the 2019 Milan Design Week - is painted in a ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Hand-Blown Murano Supreme Vase in Onyx Black Large
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A striking testament to masterful glass artistry, the Murano Supreme Vase in Onyx Black captivates with a sculptural presence that is both bold and serene. Each piece is hand-blown b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Hand-Blown Murano Supreme Vase in Onyx Black Tall
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A striking testament to masterful glass artistry, the Murano Supreme Vase in Onyx Black captivates with a sculptural presence that is both bold and serene. Each piece is hand-blown b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Fazzoletto Opalino Large Glass Vase in Grey 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
New Modern Vase in Nero and White Marbles, Creator Matteo Cibic Stock
Located in Milan, IT
Vase in black marquinia and white michelangelo marble,
Size: 38.2 x 23.4 x 7.3 cm, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Tacca, Homage Collection by the Italian Designer Matteo Cibic. M...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Glaciar Tall Silver Alpaca & Black Onyx Stone Flower Vase
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Glaciar collection is meticulously handcrafted by our local artisans with these rectangular onyx pieces set around alpaca silver flower vases, boxes and trays.
Our pieces are made...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Vases
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Emerald Green Large
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A celebration of timeless craftsmanship and rich color, the Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Emerald Green exudes both vibrance and refinement. This exquisite creation from the Vene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Tobacco Medium
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A captivating interplay of artisanal mastery and opulent aesthetics, the Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Tobacco commands attention with its warm amber hues, gently deepening into ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Tobacco Lage
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A captivating interplay of artisanal mastery and opulent aesthetics, the Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Tobacco commands attention with its warm amber hues, gently deepening into ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
New Modern Large Vase in Black Marquinia Marble, creator Ivan Colominas Stock
Located in Milan, IT
A vase that’s an homage to design and to marble itself: the Marquinia veins look skyward, toward the crater defined by round shapes and sinuous profiles, toward the reinterpretation ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Tobacco Tall
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A captivating interplay of artisanal mastery and opulent aesthetics, the Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Tobacco commands attention with its warm amber hues, gently deepening into ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Vase in White, Red and Black Marbles by Matteo Cibic, Made in Italy in Stock
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
Vase in White Michelangelo, Red Levanto and Black Marquinia marbles.
Size: 27.3 x 38.4 x 7.3 cm, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Pietro, Homage collection by the Italian designer ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Citrine Medium
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Crafted in the heart of Murano by master artisans, the Surpime Vase in Citrine embodies the serene elegance of fine Italian glassmaking. Its delicate golden tone, soft and luminous l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Citrine Large
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Crafted in the heart of Murano by master artisans, the Surpime Vase in Citrine embodies the serene elegance of fine Italian glassmaking. Its delicate golden tone, soft and luminous l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Citrine Tall
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Crafted in the heart of Murano by master artisans, the Surpime Vase in Citrine embodies the serene elegance of fine Italian glassmaking. Its delicate golden tone, soft and luminous l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Eucalyptus Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Elegant and effortlessly sculptural, the Surpime Vase in eucalyptus green is a testament to the poetic beauty of hand-blown Murano glass. Its silhouette—tall, softly tapered, and gen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Moorish Head, Handmade Sicily Vase, Size L, Colorful, Choose Paint & Colors E19
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Enamel
Hand-Blown Murano Surpime Vase in Eucalyptus Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This hand-blown Murano vase in Eucalyptus Green is a masterclass in sculptural grace and timeless refinement. With its delicate teardrop silhouette and softly rounded contours, it ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Bill Haskell Signed Carved Wood Turned Maple Burl Wood Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful work with elegant shape by California master woodturner artist Bill Haskell.
The piece is signed and noted "Maple Burl" on the base.
Wo...
Category
20th Century American Modern Vases
Materials
Wood, Maple
Baca Vase by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 'Baca' vase by Nils Thorsson by for Royal Copenhagen. Marked 719/3259 and signed on base.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
ISIDE I19, Woman's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Golden, Size L
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that combine history and design.
The extreme attention to details, supported by twenty years of experience of master craftsmen, is the company’s strength.
The production technique hides secrets and art mixtures that make the product unique and exclusive. Mosche Bianche chooses to combine art and design to recall history through ceramic artworks in doing so, history revives, as in a fairy tale, an incredible civilization that is the sicilian culture.
The moorish heads in ceramics, tribute to the beauty of ancient Sicily...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Enamel
Hans Merz for Meissen, large porcelain vase in a modern design. From 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hans Merz for Meissen, large porcelain vase in a modern design with geometric pattern and white glaze.
Approximately from the 1970s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect conditi...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Decorative Flower Vase, English, Art Glass, Baluster Urn, Display
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a contemporary decorative flower vase. An English, art glass and straw silk baluster urn by Margaret Johnson.
Appealing colour with a fascinating natural decoration
Displays...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
20th Century Ettore Sottsass RSVP Vase Mod. Azzurro Extrachiaro in Colored Glass
Located in Turin, Turin
Beautiful vase or centerpiece designed in the beginning of 2000 by the great Italian designer Ettore Sottsass for RSVP. The centerpiece is entirely in colored glass, 10 mm thick.
Th...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Nº 2 Contemporary Glazed Ceramic Yellow Showtime Vase Collection
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nº 2 Contemporary Glazed Ceramic Yellow Showtime Vase Collection
Materials:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Diam. 13 cm x H 34 cm
The Showtime Vases are just as current as when we l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Alcor Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Alcor Glass Vase was designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1983 for Memphis. Signed on the base.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Jaime Hayon Gardenias Contemporary Terracotta Vase Nº 4
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gardenias vase nº 4 by Jaime Hayon.
Hand-turned terracota withan impermeable treatment.
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Dorothy Steele Modern Pottery Ceramic Blue Glazed Fish Flower Pin Frog Vase
By Dorothy Steele
Located in Miami, FL
Whimsical handcrafted fish in shades of blue glazed ceramic made to be a flower pin frog vase, vessel.
Maker's mark is underneath. Dorothy Steele Studio of Portland, Oregon Porcelain...
Category
1990s American Modern Vases
Materials
Paint, Pottery
Venini Fazzoletto Opalino Medium Vase in Horizon Murano Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fazzoletto Opalino medium vase in Horizon Murano glass by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini. An exclusive new take on the Opalini technique from the 15th century makes its color uniqu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
DeCastelli Rocco 175 Vase in Stainless Steel by Stefano Dussin
By DeCastelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clear examples of the preciousness of metal in all its variations, Rocco and Lolita are decorative elements characterized by pure and essential lines. Two structures that play with l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Stainless Steel
Urn Form White and Transparent Clear Art Glass Vase after Vittorio Zecchin
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful clear/transparent and white urn form art glass vase, circa mid to late-20th century. Attributed to Vittorio Zecchin. Piece is transparent with very thin white spiral line...
Category
20th Century European Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Glass, Art Glass
New Modern Vase in marble, creator Matteo Cibic
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
Vase in white Michelangelo, red Levanto and black Marquinia Marbles.
Size: 27.3 x 38.4 x 7.3 cm, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Pietro, Homage Collection by the Italian designer...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
ClassiCon Bowl in Grey
Located in New York, NY
Hand blown glass bowl.
available in:
Quarzgrau quartz grey
Amethystviolett amethyst violet
Bernsteinorange amber orange
Smaragdgrün emerald green
Montanablau Montana blue
Saphirbla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Seguso Murano Glass Vase
By Seguso
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Seguso Murano vase with a turquoise and white patterns. Vase measures 15.25" high and 5.75" diameter at base and 4.25" diameter at top.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Hand Blown Murano Vase Sphere in Clear with Onyx Black Large
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This hand-blown Murano vase, with its elegant spherical shape, is a remarkable piece that embodies the timeless artistry of Venetian glassmaking. The vase features a captivating comb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Moor Head Special Edition, Vase Centerpiece, Handmade in Italy, 2023, Bespoke
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Handmade piece in Italy. No mold. 90 Colors available. Sicily is the land of clay and handcrafted pieces. Love and jealousy melt inside those wonderful creations.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Small Contemporary Decorative Vase, English, Straw Silk Art Glass, Flower Sleeve
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small contemporary decorative vase. An English, straw silk art glass flower sleeve by Margaret Johnson.
Unusual and interesting technique matched with great colour
Display...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Boboda Love Amethyst Vase by Mario Cioni
By Mario Cioni
Located in Milan, IT
A hymn to love and its sublime tensions, this vase was crafted of crystal with a deep amethyst color. The sinuous curves of its silhouette are enclosed in a transparent layer with ve...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Cistus Tall Pink Flower Vase by Mario Cioni
By Mario Cioni
Located in Milan, IT
A celebration of the joys of spring, this delicate design will infuse charm and elegance into any interior. This one-of-a-kind piece was crafted entirely by hand using crystal with a...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
John Bergen Studio Canada Hand painted Glazed Round Ceramic Vase Contemporary 80
Located in Miami, FL
Marked and Numbered John Bergen Studio Canada round Ceramic Vase, Vessel made in the 1980.
Hand-painted and glazed in mellow pastel colors.
The opening me...
Category
1980s Canadian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Hand Blown Murano Spiral Vase Frosted Medium
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite Spiral Vase Frosted Medium is a masterpiece of contemporary design, embodying the timeless elegance of Murano glass craftsmanship. Each vase is meticulously hand-blown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Jens Jakob Bregnoe – Stoneware Carnation Vase
Located in Kastrup, DK
Jens Jakob Bregnø, Danish 1877-1946
A stoneware carnation vase with maroon glaze. At the top three holes for carnations / single flower. Presumably on of a kind.
On one side side re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Salta Medium Round Tray Alpaca Silver & Leather
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta Medium Round Tray Alpaca Silver & Leather
Also with leather:
Salta Small Round Tray
Salta Large Round Tray
Salta Tray Bar
Salta champagne Bucket
Salta Ice bucket
Salta Ice...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Vases
Materials
Metal
Moor Heads Vases "Galaxy Electric Blue", Handmade in Italy, 2019, Home Decor
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This collection is a work of art that make a statement in modern décor and in the modern cultural art world. It can be used as a vase containing flowers,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Multicolored Floral Medallion Glass Vase by Rick Strini
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous multicolored vase with olive green and blue swirled background highlighted with four unique black medallions of rose bouquets by Rick Strini (Amer...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Raaquu Raku Fired Large Globe Vase S/N0000860 Centerpiece Art Series
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
A mesmerizing sight to behold as soon as the rainbow-like patinas catch your eye. This Globe Vase is a round, capacious piece produced using the Raku technique, resulting in a beauti...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases
Materials
Copper
Raaquu Raku Fired Large Globe Vase S/N0000787 Centerpiece Art Series
By RAAQUU
Located in Petaling Jaya, MY
A mesmerizing sight to behold as soon as the rainbow-like patinas catch your eye. This Globe Vase is a round, capacious piece produced using the Raku technique, resulting in a beauti...
Category
2010s Malaysian Modern Vases
Materials
Copper
Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Ash Vase Small, Red and White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind ceramic Ash vase in red clay with white speckled base, copper green glaze interior. The vase is comprised of two different clay bodies and features a raw, unglazed cera...
Category
2010s American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Geometric Vessel Sculpture Contemporary Stark Rough Carved Blackened Waxed Iron
Located in Bronx, NY
VESSEL NO. 1
J.M. Szymanski
d. 2017
10 facets form this unique object. Mathematically designed and hand-wrought. Vessel No. 1 was the first vessel designed by J.M. Szymanski. Not wa...
Category
2010s American Modern Vases
Materials
Steel, Iron
ISIDE I15, Woman's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Colorful, Size L
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
THE COLLECTION
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that comb...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Enamel
Goddess E11, Woman's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily Vase, Size S Monochrome
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Enamel
Salta Rectangular Medium Flower Vase, Alpaca Silver & Cream Onyx
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Vases
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Ceramic Floor Vase, by Grimstrup, Signed E.J, 1937 – Abstract Cubist Design
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large Unique Floor Vase from Grimstrup Ceramics, Signed "E.J 1937"
Height: 58 cm (22.8 inches).Diameter top / bottom : 33 / 19 cm.
This exceptional and rare ceramic floor vase is cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Nok 2 Vase by Imperfettolab
Located in Geneve, CH
Nok 2 Vase by Imperfettolab
Dimensions: D47 x W47 x H230 cm
Materials: Fiberglass.
Also available in different models. Please contact us.
A collection of ornamental vases of enigmat...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Fiberglass
Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Ash Vase XL, Red and White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind ceramic ash vase in red clay with white speckled base, copper green glaze interior. The vase is comprised of two different clay bodies and features a raw, unglazed cera...
Category
2010s American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Nº 5 Contemporary Glazed Ceramic Napoleon Blue Showtime Vase by Jaime Hyon
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nº 5 Contemporary Glazed Ceramic Napoleon Blue Showtime Vase by Jaime Hyon
Materials:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Diam. 23 cm x H 59 cm
The Showtime Vases are just as current as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Konart Turkish Modern Abstract Twisted Glass Crystal Vase Centerpiece (A)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Modern Abstract Turkish Konart Twisted Glass Crystal Vase Centerpiece (A). Approx 10 lbs. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 9" H x 7" W x 7" D.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Hand-Blown Murano Modern Sculptural Vase Clear with 24-karat Gold Flecks Medium
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A striking tribute to elemental form, the Hand-Blown Murano Modern Sculptural Vase in Clear with 24-karat Gold Flecks is a masterwork of texture and luminosity. Its surface ripples a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
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