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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Returnable Items Only
Design Murano Glass Blue Sphere by Alberto Donà, Italy 1980s
By Alberto Donà
Located in Villaverla, IT
Design Murano Glass Blue Sphere by Alberto Donà, Italy, 1980s.
This unique artwork is simply outstanding. A vintage masterpiece by the renowned It...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, 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
Chac Ceramic Vase by Onora
Located in Geneve, CH
Chac ceramic vase by Onora
Dimensions: D 12 x 25 cm
Materials: Ceramic
Available in black, white and sand.
This ceramic vase refers pre-hispanic ceremonial masks. Molded by ar...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Leather Pot Small Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 06 Calicot Leather Off-White
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
Carole Perry Studio Art Glass Woven Modern Tapestry Sculpture
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Studio Craft woven glass handkerchief sculptural form by, Carole Perry made up of thousands of woven individual glass threads of varying color...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Contemporary Japanese White Glaze Ceramic Vase by Manji Inoue
By Inoue Manji
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large glazed white porcelain vase in the jar-form by Japanese ceramic artist Inoue Manji (Japanese, b. 1929). Minimalistic in form, the vase is pure white with a very subtle blue h...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Scavo Murano Glass and Bronze Vase by Silvia Buscaroli for Seguso
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Silvia Buscaroli
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980s Italian Scavo Murano glass vase with decorative patinated bronze handles.
Part of the Trozzelli designed by Silvia Buscaroli for Seguso Vetri d’Arte.
Measurements: 17.5” high...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Bronze
New modern Vase in Green Guatemala Marble creator Michele Chiossi Stock
Located in Milan, IT
A zigzag line defines the illusory border between art and design. Chiossi crosses it entirely by creating a collection of vases and candleholders, inspired by nature and the harmonio...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
Salta Rectangular Small 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
Pair of Cascabel Vase by Onora
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of Cascabel vase by Onora
Dimensions: D 23 x H 20 cm
Materials: Clay
This collection reinterprets one of the oldest structural techniques in pottery, coiling, the vessels m...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Opaline White Murano Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Murano Opaline white glass vase from a Palm Beach estate
This is one of a stunning collection of white Murano glass vases and boxes - of diffe...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Art Glass Handkerchief Vase Venini Style
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Murano art glass 'handkerchief' vase in the style of Venini, circa mid to late-20th century, Italy. This is a finely handcrafted Murano art glass vase in clear/transparent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Cascabel Vase by Onora
Located in Geneve, CH
Cascabel vase by Onora
Dimensions: D 23 x H 20 cm
Materials: Clay
This collection reinterprets one of the oldest structural techniques in pottery, coiling, the vessels made with...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Salviati Murano Italian Trailed Design Black & White Art Glass Vase, 1997
By Salviati
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Italian art glass vase of tall oval cylindrical shape made by Salviati on the Island of Murano and dated 1997. Started in 1859 by Antonio Salviati the company is renow...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Porcelain Celadon Vase with Copper Glaze by Brother Thomas Bezanson
Located in Atlanta, GA
A spindle form porcelain vase by Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007). As a modern interpretation of "Mei-Ping", a classic form of Chinese vase,...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Hand Blown Contemporary Wrinkle Black Glass Vase by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unique Piece. Hand blown glass vase made in forms of soft clay that are shaped by hand just before blowing the glass into the form. The process makes all pieces unique and gives them...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Hand Blown Contemporary Small Wrinkle Blue Glass Vase by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unique Piece. Hand blown glass vase made in forms of soft clay that are shaped by hand just before blowing the glass into the form. The process makes all pieces unique and gives them...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Red Art Glass Vase by Sam Stang, 1986, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Unusual blurbed shaped single stem vase by artist Sam Stang, 1986 in red / orange. Signed and dated. Quick shipping. No chips cracks or repairs. Excellent co...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
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
New Modern Flower Vase in Marble creator Michele Chiossi
Located in Milan, IT
Flower vase in red Alicante, Blu Sodalite and Egyptian yellow marble.
Geometrical way of life
A hundred years and it feels like yesterday, a hundred years of a school that changed ou...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
21st Century Federico Peri Cilindro Large Glossy Vase Murano Glass Deep Blue
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
Cilindro Large Glossy - Transparent Vase, Murano glass, by Federico Peri, 21st century.
Cilindro is a vase from the Essentials collection designed by Federico Peri for Purho in spring 2021.
Created from the starting-point of an oval and conical hollow glass cylinder, Cilindro is distinguished by its mouth marked by a pronounced round shaping created during the raw processing when the glass is still
white-hot. An apparent irregularity which dignifies the lines and gives character to the final product.
Cilindro is available in two sizes, Large and Small, in both glossytransparent and satin-shaded...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Federico Peri Trapezio Small Vase Murano Glass Honey
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
Trapezio small vase, Murano glass, by Federico Peri, 21st century.
Trapezio is a vase from the Essentials collection designed by Federico Peri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Colorful Murano Glass Vase by Romano Donà Venice 1980s
By Romano Donà
Located in Villaverla, IT
Colorful Murano glass vase by Romano Donà Venice 1980s.
This artistic rare vase stands out for its energetic colors, that were obtained usi...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Handmade Tamegroute Vase 2 by Contemporary Orientalism
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Tamegroute vase 2 by Contemporary Orientalism.
Dimensions: D 20 x H 46 cm.
Materials: Pottery of tamegroute natural handmade.
Category
2010s Moroccan Modern Vases
Materials
Other
21st Century Ttemic Chair in Velvet with Metal Applications by Matteo Cibic
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
"Ttemic: a wonder-object that revolutionizes the concept of the dining room with its unconventional look. A totemic element dressing home with irony and extravagance, becoming a cult...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chac Ceramic Vase by Onora
Located in Geneve, CH
Chac ceramic vase by Onora
Dimensions: D 12 x 25 cm
Materials: Ceramic
Available in black, white and sand.
This ceramic vase refers pre-hispanic ceremonial masks. Molded by art...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Xochipilli Vase by Onora
Located in Geneve, CH
Xochipilli vase by Onora
Dimensions: D 12 x 25 cm
Materials: Ceramic
Available in black, white and sand.
This ceramic vase refers pre-hispanic ceremonial masks. Molded by artis...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Handmade Tamegroute Vase 10 by Contemporary Orientalism
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Tamegroute Vase 10 by Contemporary Orientalism
Dimensions: D 38 x H 44 cm
Materials: Pottery of tamegroute natural handmade.
Category
2010s Moroccan Modern Vases
Materials
Other
Handmade Tamegroute Vase 3 by Contemporary Orientalism
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Tamegroute vase 3 by Contemporary Orientalism.
Dimensions: D 23 x H 40 cm.
Materials: Pottery of tamegroute natural handmade.
Category
2010s Moroccan Modern Vases
Materials
Other
Xochipilli Vase by Onora
Located in Geneve, CH
Xochipilli Vase by Onora
Dimensions: D 12 x 25 cm
Materials: Ceramic
Available in black, white and sand.
This ceramic vase refers pre-hispanic ceremonial masks. Molded by artis...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Handmade Tamegroute Vase 7 by Contemporary Orientalism
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade tamegroute vase 7 by Contemporary Orientalism
Dimensions: D 40 x H 60 cm
Materials: Pottery of tamegroute natural handmade.
Category
2010s Moroccan Modern Vases
Materials
Other
Porcelain Flower Vases
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Shanghai glazed porcelain vase is a perfect bookshelf or coffee table decor piece. It features four small vases for floral arrangements and a bo...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Le Dauphin, France, Large Vase in Glazed Ceramics, 1970s / 80s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Le Dauphin, France. Large vase in glazed ceramics.
1970s / 80s.
Measures: 37.5 x 21 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Hand Blown Fazzoletto Murano Style Folded Blue Vase
Located in Pasadena, TX
Hand blown Italian "fazzoletto" or "handkerchief" style folded blue vase. Murano style glass, unknown designer.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Leather Pot Large Glass Vase Covered with Pelle SC 140 Leather Mimosa Yellow
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
Vase Vessel Tulip Sculpture Block Rose Quartz Marble Handmade Collectible Design
Located in Ancona, Marche
Important sculptural vase carved by hand from a solid block of Rose Quartz.
Vase dimensions: L 26 x W 20 x H 53 cm. Available in different onyx and marbles.
Limited edition of 35.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Rose Quartz
1970s Italian Vetri DI Murano Hand Blown Art Glass Vase
By Vetri
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a modernist vase marked Vetri Murano, circa the 1970s. This beautiful smoked hand-blown Murano piece shows its original logo sticker. The base is signed ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Vase Vessel Decorative Sculpture Abstract White Statuary Marble Hand-carved
Located in Ancona, Marche
Important sculptural vase carved by hand from a solid block of Statuary marble.The precious white Statuary marble has always been the one preferred by sculptors and artists for their...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Salta Flat Large 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
Salta Flat Small Flower Vase, Alpaca Silver & Brown 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
Hand Blown Contemporary Pink Glass Vase by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hand blown glass vase made in forms of soft clay that are shaped by hand just before blowing the glass into the form. The process makes all pieces unique and gives them a wrinkled su...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Salta Flat 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
20th Century Ettore Sottsass RSVP Centerpiece Mod. Celeste 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
Ceramic Bowl-Shape Vessel by British Studio Potter John Ward
By John Ward
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stoneware vessel with glazed and banded stripes design by British studio ceramist John Ward (1938-2023) circa 1986. The vessel takes its simple but distinct form between a deep bow...
Category
1980s English Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
21st Century Federico Peri Trapezio Large Vase Murano Glass Deep Blue
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
Trapezio large vase, Murano glass, by Federico Peri, 21st century.
Trapezio is a vase from the Essentials collection designed by Federico Per...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
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 Vase by Nathalie Du Pasquier for Alessio Sarri Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic vase designed by Nathalie Du Pasquier and produced by Alesso Sarri Editions, Italy. Signed.
Biography
Nathalie du Pasquier (b. 1957, Bordeaux, France) worked as a designe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vase White Bisquit Porcelain Design by Naaman Israel 1990s
By Coop Ceramic Art
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase white bisquit porcelain design by Naaman Israel 1990s. An interesting example of the upcoming design community in Israel during the 1990s. It is bas...
Category
1990s Israeli Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century Karim Rashid Queen Vase Murano Glass Green - Ocean Blue
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
21st century Karim Rashid Queen vase Murano glass various colors
Queen designed by Karim Rashid is a curvaceous vase that combine regality with visual wit. Proposed in combination w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Snöljus Snowlight White Art Glass Vase by Ingegerd Råman for Orrefors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine art glass vase by Orrefors.
Entitled Snöljus or Snowlight.
Designed by Ingegerd Råman.
Together with its Orrefors box.
Bearing an etched signature to the base: Orrefors.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Mark Griffiths Large Twin Handled Studio Pottery Vase with Grasses
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English large twin handled studio vase decorated with wheat like grass stems by Shropshire based potter Mark Griffiths (British b.1956) and dating from the 1970’s. The...
Category
20th Century British Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Leaf Tall Vase Design by Dan Yeffet for Collection Particuliere
By Dan Yeffet
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed by Dan Yeffet for Collection Particulière, Leaf is an elegant vase made of black patinated bronze with insert in stainless steel.
Dimensions: vase (tall) : Ø 20 x h 77 cm (...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Vases
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Pompitu II XL Vase Soft Resin Green Gold
Located in barasso, IT
Pompitu II vase, green and gold.
Vase in soft resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 for Fish Design collection.
Measures: XL - ø 30cm x H 56cm
Other sizes available
Col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Resin
American Modernist Organic Hand Painted Ceramic in Variegated Java Hues
Located in New York, NY
This elegant modernist vase was realized in the United States circa 1980. It features a conical form that flares dramatically at its shoulders before tapering to an economical circular mouth. The exterior of the piece has been hand glazed in java and cafe au lait ones against a warm tan back ground. The form recalls both antique African pottery...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
French Modern Crackle Glaze Jaguar Motif Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern Crackle Glaze Jaguar Motif Vase, With all over crackle glaze, the upper part with a continuous ring of walking jaguars.
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
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 (American, 20th century). Signed...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
New modern Flower Vase in Red Marble, creator Karen Chekerdjian Stock
Located in Milan, IT
The value of change in a simple act. Karen Chekerdjian’s new creation puts design front and centre: from one foundation, multiple possibilities. Whether empty or filled with flowers,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Marble
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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