California Vases

Qing dynasty an antique important Chinese famille rose porcelain 9 pieces sweetmeat dishes set with very beautiful rosewood box, hand painted. excellent con...

6 pipe flower porcelain vase - white Shape: Vase Color: White Size (inches): 15W x 15D x 18.5H High fire porcelain, 100% hand shaped, hand painted. Distress, chips and other ...

an antique important fine gold Chinese famille rose porcelain 12'' bowl with very beautiful colour enamels, hand painted, mark DaQingQianLongNianZhi, excellent condition, Measures: 1...

Amazing salt-fired abstract stack vase by well listed potter, Sandra Johnstone c1970s. Johnstone (1936-1991) studied with Peter Voulkos at UC Berkeley in the early 1950s. She was at ...

1970s sculptural triangular design Vase in the style of Charles Hollis Jones 9.25 x 4.5 Preowned original unrestored vintage condition. Refer to images provided.  

Gorgeous Blenko glass blown vase in lime green , excellent condition no chips or cracks circa 1970's.

A striking fusion of organic form and Venetian mastery, this Hand-Blown Murano Cactus Vase in Fern Green with Bubbles radiates tactile poetry and sculptural grace. Its gently ribbed ...

A large German Hanau 800 silver mounted repousee and open work - cut and etched glass trumpet vase. Molded border with beaded rim, floral and putti motif w...

Experience the exquisite artistry of the new 2025 Spring- Awakening  Bloom Series at The Shine Studios, where each piece evokes the feeling of winter snow melting and the beauty of S...

Vintage Murano Glass Style Genuine Hand Blown Decorated with Bright Multi-Colorful Art Glass Vase by Glasswerk's, the Artist: Hanna H, made in Poland, ***Picture shows Original Lab...

A pair of traditional gold copper Cloisonné vases made in China in the 1980's, each designed all around depicting floral motifs and butterflies, ...

AMBIANIC presents Lenox Porcelain Rose Blossom Bud Vase 8inch stamped by maker Malayasia made 2.4W x 7.5H Preowned original vintage Refer to images

Large porcelain vase / vessel by Heinrich of Bavaria, circa 1970s. The piece has a high gloss porcelain finish with gold starburst leaves. The vase is in excellent pre-owned conditio...

Modern form natural tone vase in matte glazed finish. Add some modern shapes to your interior or design project.

Single vintage vase with dominant turquoise blue, yellow and clear Murano glass, having a unique geometric body. Made in Italy, c. 1960's. Dimensions: 12"H x 4"D

The "Vase Rose" by R&Y Augousti is a stunning creation that embodies contemporary luxury through its masterful combination of exquisite materials. Handcrafted from rich shagreen, pol...

Beautiful hand-turned geometric blackware vase by Oscar Quezada, circa 1990s. The exquisite piece made of naturally black clay has a unique geometric des...

Antique "arts & crafts" pottery vase by Van Briggle Pottery Company., circa 1940s. Wonderful aqua color and a great vintage patina make this hard to find vase! It is in very good vin...

Beautiful Art Deco Kralik Czech Bohemian Art Glass threaded "Reeded" fan vase dating from the 1920s. Beautiful blue glass with applied yellow glass threading on the top. Hand blown a...

Rose is a stunning hand coiled porcelain sculpture with a textured accent loop at the top and a loop accessory that can be taken out or put in. *Porcelain *Handbuilt, *Handwash, do...

1950s Los Castillo modern silver vase from Mexico Finely crafted hand-wrought silver over copper with abalone inlay detail. Signed Los Castillo Taxco Mexico. 5 tall x 5 diameter ...

sculptural porcelain vase by Heinrich Fuchs for Hutschenreuther, released between 1968 and 1970, large version model 5090/29, matte exterior, gloss interior, marked.

Large scale modernist bottle vase created by John W. Delaplane of Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1966. Bottle is made of a dark, bisque clay body and decorated with mosaic geometric sh...

A gorgeous, rare, and unique large stoneware vase by famed Mexican American California studio art potter Dora De Larios. De Larios was born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents. She grew up in the artistic Silver Lake district near downtown Los Angeles amongst Mexican and Nisei Japanese immigrants. As a result, De Larios was heavily influenced by ancient American...

A little Art Deco, a little Gothic, very Brutal. Cast concrete, tinted with dark gray pigment. Natural finish. These vessels are great empty, but even better with flowers or a succ...

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...

Early 20th century Art Nouveau ceramic vase, C.1910 Classic Art Nouveau vase with a young woman in billowing clothes in relief Measures: 9.5" diameter at the base x 16" at the ...

A great handmade ceramic woman bust / vase by Dorothy Kindell, circa 1940s. This piece is in good vintage condition (some minor crazing is present) and measures approcimately 4"W x 3...

An elegantly-shaped Chinese celadon crackle-glazed Mei pin (plum) vase; with short flaring neck above a voluptuous body over a flared foot.

Ten Facet Vase Red Bean Peking Glass Hand Blown Hand Carved Limited Edition Peking glass refers to the high-quality glass art produced by the imperial and commercial workshops in B...

A beautifully executed, handmade, wood-turned weed vase by master woodturner Rude Osolnik who is widely regarded, along with Bob Stocksdale, as one of the finest woodturners in American woodturning history. In 1992, he was presented by then-Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, with the Milner Award, the Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement. The vase is made from spalted wood (hard to make out the exact wood on the base) and features highlighted wood grain and shades of dark and light areas. It is signed "Osolnik Originals" and "Spalted ...." by the Osolnik on the base. A gorgeous and engaging gem of a piece that clearly makes an impact. Would be a great addition to any Midcentury Modern or wood-turned collection or make for an eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting, midcentury or otherwise. Osolnik's work can be found in such permanent collections as: The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian The Boston Museum of Fine Arts Atlanta's High Museum The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago The Yale Museum The Speed Museum The Kentucky History Museum The Mayo Clinic...

Crafted with the timeless Bullicante technique, this hand-blown Murano vase embodies the meticulous artistry of Venetian glassmakers. Each bubble is carefully encapsulated within lay...

Beautiful Italian Sommerso murano glass vase by Luigi Onesto for Oball. In beautiful vintage condition, shows some wear consistent with age in underside of vase(see detail photo). S...

Pair of late 19th century Japanese hand-painted and gilded porcelain kutani vases. These vases are signed.

Vintage frosted glass vase by René Lalique made in France in the 1920's. The 'Gui' vase takes its name from the French word for mistletoe, a plant rich in symbolism and mystique. La...

Bold yet impossibly refined, this tall hand-blown Murano barrel vase in emerald green is a masterwork of Venetian glass artistry. Its elongated faceted form evokes the precision of f...

This is a unique glass vase designed by the renowned Timo Sarpaneva for Iittala Glass in Finland. He designed it in 1993, especially for the new residence of the Finnish President. T...

Vintage Japanese bronze Bud vase with dramatic form & color. The finish created with chemical etching and metal leaf. Excellent condition, no ...

A radiant study in light and form, this hand-blown Murano globe vase in amber exudes warmth, brilliance, and artisanal precision. Its multi-faceted silhouette is meticulously cut to ...

Capodimonte porcelain is porcelain created by the Capodimonte porcelain manufactory, which operated in Naples, Italy, between 1743 and 1759. Capodimonte is one of the most revered fa...

A breathtaking fusion of art and alchemy, this hand-blown Murano globe vase in deep amethyst transforms light and shadow into sculpture. Meticulously faceted like a gemstone, its sph...

Beautiful elegant petite Archimide Seguso Murano bud vase with gold spreckles bottom excellent condition no chips or cracks.

Lotus Bud Shape Vase Raspberry Peking Glass Hand Carved Hand Blown Glass Limited Edition Contemporary 18 Peking glass refers to the high-quality glass art produced by the imperial an...

A pair of antique Chinese porcelain vases with very beautiful hand paint. Excellent condition, measures: 12” x 8 '', the mouth of the vase is 5.5'', the bottom of the vase is 6.5, se...

Antique Primavera ceramic vase for the Parisian Atelier Printemps, marked and numbered 12936 plus made in France, Primavera.

A lovely turn-of-the-century Austrian Art Nouveau vase with an iridescent glaze and naturalistic form. Vase is unsigned, but have several nu...

A very rare glazed porcelain vase with Chinese dragon motif by Tozai Home, 20th century. This piece glows in ivory white with an embossed decorative pattern in seafoam green, depicti...

Large hand blown cobalt blue art glass vase by Blenko Glass, circa 1990s. The vase is in very good vintage condition and measures 4.5"D x 15.5"H....

Antique Moroccan ceramic footed vase from Fez. Moorish style handcrafted vase adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work, with two handles...

A colorful iridescent favrile glass vase in beautiful tulip form by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Signed on the base. This LC Tiffany Favrile vase has a timeless design and coordinates well...

A striking tribute to elemental form, the Hand-Blown Murano Modern Sculptural Vase in Clear with 24-karat Gold Flecks Grande is a masterwork of texture and luminosity. Its surface ri...

An extra large vintage 80s modern ceramic vase. Nice cylinder shape with an embossed swirl design around the sides, finished in a glossy black glaze. A scul...

This exquisite Chinese hand-carved green jade vase is a true testament to the artistry and craftsmanship of ancient jade sculptors. Carved from a single piece of genuine green jade, ...

Anabelle is a gorgeous textured handbuilt porcelain sculpture. Unglazed she got her color by adding stains to the clay itself. A beautiful collectable statement piece. Can be glazed ...

Enhance your space with this stunning vintage terracotta floor vase from the 1980s, featuring artisan craftsmanship and a striking rustic design. The extra-large vessel is ideal for ...

Pair of coral vases. The vases are made with a porcelain vase and are wrapped up with genuine coral.

Introducing a captivating hand-blown Murano glass vase, an exquisite embodiment of Venetian artistry and elegance. This stunning vase features a unique marbled design with rich, deep...

We try not to use the term "museum quality" often but in the case of his particular work, it is more than apt. A simply breathtaking piece by famed American ceramicist Beatrice Wo...

Glazed Art Deco vase manufactured by Emaux de Longwy, France. Covered with bold flowers in full bloom this Art Deco vase was made by the famed Longwy ceramic company in France. Lon...

David Stewart Lions Valley Stoneware Lion Wall Pocket Vase, California, 1970's.