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Item Ships From: Chicago
Miniature Bud Vase 3, Made from Brass and Patinated Finish
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these delicately, handcrafted bud vases is perfect as an individual home accessory or whimsical series. Made of brass and hand tarnished, each bud vase has its own unique for...
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2010s American Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Bud Vase Collection, Including Four Vases and Watering Can
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these delicately, handcrafted bud vases is perfect as an individual home accessory or whimsical series. Made of brass and hand tarnished, each bad vase has its own unique for...
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2010s American Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Roger Capron French Ceramic Artist Vase Day and Night Vallauris, France c 1970
By Roger Capron, Jean Derval
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron ceramic vase titled Day and Night created in 1970 with Jean Derval. This form was often also created as a lamp. The vase is much more rare and a similar vase is pictured...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Rick Owens Cast Bronze Duck Neck Vase Nitrate Patina
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze duck neck vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection. This is shown in the nitrate patina. Each bronze is handcrafted in Franc...
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2010s French Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Vases with Censers, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Rick Owens Swan Neck Cast Bronze Vase Nitrate Patina
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze swan neck vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection. This is shown in the nitrate patina. Originally designed in 2012. Each ...
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2010s French Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Rick Owens Cast Bronze Duck Neck Vase Black Patina Signed Rick Owens
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze duck neck vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection. This is shown in the black patina but other patinas are available by order. Each bronze is signed. ...
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2010s French Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar with Peacocks & Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Rick Owens Cast Bronze Coupe Nitrate Patina Vase
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze coupe vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection. This is shown in the nitrate patina. Each piece is handmade and hand patinated so there is always a slig...
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2010s French Brutalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Casas Grandes Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking vintage Casa Grandes pottery vase with a large belly, narrow neck, and wide lip, and decorated with black geometric patterns repeated around t...
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20th Century American Native American Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Rick Owens Cast Bronze Evase Vase Nitrate Patina
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The iconic bronze Evase vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection. This is shown in the nitrate patina. Each bronze is handcrafted in France...
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2010s French Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Petite Famille Rose Chinese Ginger jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Double Happiness Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The symbol for double happiness adorns this round tea leaf jar with best wishes for love, companionship and marital bliss. Glazed in the classic blue and white manner, the porcelain ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Mado Jolain French Ceramic Pitcher or Vase France c1960
By Mado Jolain
Located in Chicago, IL
Mado Jolain 1921-2019 ceramic vase with black and gray spatter abstract expressionist glaze application on each surface and intense blue interior. With handle. Signed MJ. Iconic abst...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Atelier Pelagres Stoneware Wood Fire Ceramic Vases France, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of 6 wood fired stoneware ceramic vases by Atelier Pelagres, Jean Paul and Suzy Brenet. France c 1960. Each signed AP and with impressed...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Blue & White Tea Pot, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
This blue-and-white porcelain teapot dates to the early 20th century and would have been used as either a teapot for brewed tea or as a ewer for dispensing boiled water during tea ce...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Double Happiness Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The symbol for double happiness adorns this slender ginger jar with best wishes for love, companionship and marital bliss. Glazed in the classic blue and white manner, the porcelain ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Large Bitossi ‘Etruscan’ Decor Floor Vase / Umbrella Stand by Aldo Londi 1950
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Bitossi ‘Etruscan’ Decor Floor Vase / Umbrella Stand by Aldo Londi 1950 A rare, very large perforated cylindrical vase or umbrella stand designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Cera...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Karl Springer (German/American, 1931-1991), Large Scavo Glass Vessel. Signed.
By Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
Large scavo, or acid washed, vase in Amethyst by Seguso, Murano Italy, for Karl Springer. Signed on the bottom.
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass

Blue and White Chinese Floor Vase with Scholars' Garden
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white ceramics have inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. This contemporary vase from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stonewa...
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20th Century Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Petite Celadon Bud Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon ceramics are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This vintage ce...
Category

Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Phoenix & Peony Jars, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Petite Silver Perfume Bottle, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite silver perfume bottle from early 20th century once kept a lady's fragrance close to hand, perfectly sized to tuck into a pocket or evening bag. The small bottle is shaped...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Blue & White Double Happiness Spice Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The symbol for double happiness adorns this round tea leaf jar with best wishes for love, companionship and marital bliss. Glazed in the classic blue and white manner, the porcelain jar has a rounded form with a slight taper and is topped by a flat lid, a traditional shape for jars used to hold Chinese...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

1990's Wedgwood Bizarre Sunray Meiping Vase by Clarice Cliff
By Clarice Cliff, Wedgwood
Located in Chicago, IL
1990's Wedgwood Bizarre Sunray Meiping Vase by Clarice Cliff. From a Limited Edition of only 250. While not from the 1930s original production, this was done later approximately in the 1990s by Wedgwood. Hand painted...
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Late 20th Century English Art Deco Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Pair of Chinese Blue and White Qilin Vases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A parade of Qilin, Chinese mythical creatures symbolizing magnificence, joy, and benevolence, march around these hand-painted contemporary porcelain fantail vases. These particular f...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Coil Pickling Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used for pickling foods, this mid-20th century ceramic jar is coated inside and out with a dark glaze. Subtle ridges suggest that the bowl was fashioned by coiling flatten...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Crackle Celadon Kitchen Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon ceramics are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This vintage ce...
Category

Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Vintage French Art Deco Geometric Glass Windsor Tall Vase from Luminarc, 1970s
By J.G. Durand, Luminarc
Located in Chicago, IL
This tall, transparent Windsor vase was designed by J.G Durand for the French manufacturer Luminarc during the 1970s. Made of cut pressed glass Verrerie d'Arques, this solid piece is...
Category

1970s French Art Deco Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Cut Glass

loan Nemtoi (Romanian, born 1964) Hand Blown Art Glass Vase and Display Case
By Ioan Nemtoi
Located in Chicago, IL
Ioan Nemtoi, (Romanian b. 1964) art glass vase with custom, square glass case. A beautiful and breathtaking, hand-blown, thick walled vase in red, blue, yellow, orange, peach, purple...
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1990s Romanian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Metal

19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Immerse yourself in the artistry of 19th-century Japan with this exquisite Meiji period bronze vessel, a captivating embodiment of Japanese decorative arts...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Monumental Mid-20th Century Italian Ceramic Urn
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic monumental Italian mid-20th century tortoise shell glazed ceramic urn of classical form with a thick lip, fluted body, narrow foot, and two applied handles each with two ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Etched Celadon Pomegranate Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon ceramics are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This vintage ce...
Category

Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

fferrone Contemporary Minimal Double Black Steel Flower Sculptural Vase
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Two vases in one, composed of a series of black minimal hand-painted stainless steel tubes in various dimensions and cut on the bias, the contemporary Bana Double vase can uniquely accommodate a single stem to full flower...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stainless Steel

Blenko Architectural Glass Vase Model 5415 in Charcoal by Wayne Husted
By Blenko Glass, Wayne Husted
Located in Chicago, IL
Blenko Architectural Glass Vase Model 5415 by Wayne Husted The neck seems to slant slightly depending on angle of viewing. Showing 2 points of vi...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Art Glass

1930s Japanese Champleve Brass Vase with Enamel
Located in Chicago, IL
Champleve is an enameling technique that enamels raised surfaces on a cast brass object and then fired in a kiln. Not to be confused with cloisonné that soldiers wires in a design to...
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20th Century Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Gio Ponti rare model Le Mie Terre vase manufactured by Richard-Ginori
By Gio Ponti, Richard Ginori
Located in Skokie, IL
Gio Ponti rare large vase designed in 1929-30. Glazed maiolica. Painted designer's and manufacturer's marks. This exquisite piece showcases the artistry of glazed maiolica, combinin...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Majolica

Provincial Chinese Trunk Mortar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This large wooden mortar dates to the late 19th century and was originally used for crushing rice, grain, spices and other foodstuffs. Carved from a single tree trunk, the mortar has...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Primitive Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wood

Chinese Blue and White Eternity Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This porcelain tea leaf jar is beautifully glazed in the blue-and-white manner, with hand-painted cobalt-blue decoration against a crisp white field. The porcelain jar has a rounded form and flat lid, a traditional shape for jars used to hold Chinese...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Matched Pair of Czech Glass with Silver Birds Vases / Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Deco Matched Pair of Czech Glass with Silver Birds Vases / Lamps Presently these are vases, however they would make a great pair of lamps given the...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Art Glass

Brass Bud Vase III by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass bud vase III by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 5 x W 5 x H 10 cm Materials: dull tarnished brass Each of these delicately, handcrafted Bud Vase...
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2010s American Post-Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Chinese Famille Verte Cabbage Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This whimsical Chinese ginger jar is decorated with famille verte enamels for an allover design of leafy green cabbage. Depicting the white stalks and curling leaves of a head of nap...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage MASTAD 554 Pewter Pebbled Vase ... Midcentury Modern Norwegian Bud Vase
By Mastad Pewter Norway
Located in Chicago, IL
Shapely vintage pewter bud vase, made in Norway. Marked "MASTAD. Pewter. Norway. 554". With great midcentury modern lines and pebbled geometric design around base. Very good vintage...
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Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pewter

A Bronze Indian Urli
Located in Chicago, IL
This shallow bronze bowl is an open fire cooking vessel known as urli, used throughout southern India for preparing ayurvedic medicines and cooking large quantities of food for gathe...
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Early 20th Century Indian Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

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Petite Celadon Water Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon ceramics are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This vintage ce...
Category

Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

African Mangbetu Terracotta Ceremonial Jug
By Mangbetu People
Located in Chicago, IL
The Mangbetu people focused on highly realistic art forms. Two aspects of the tribe's traditional culture can be seen in this handled jug—the allusion to tall coiffured hair, and the...
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Monochrome Blue Peking Glass Bottle Vase, c. 1860
Located in Chicago, IL
With delicate form and bold color, this small blue glass bottle vase is a charming example of 19th-century Peking glass art. In a process similar to cameo glass, the vase began as a ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Art Glass

Signed Giuliano Tosi Large Colorful Murano Glass Vase
By Maestro Giuliano Tosi
Located in Chicago, IL
Large and colorful hand blown Murano glass vase by Maestro Giuliano Tosi. Vibrant colors of blue, orange, green and red that blend with and overlap one another. Raised shapes and textures also add to the unique form of this vase by one of the art forms greatest designers. From Murano net: Master Giuliano Tosi, born in 1942, hails from a lineage steeped in glassmaking tradition dating back to 1483. His journey with glass began at the tender age of 12, under the tutelage of Master Albino Carrara. Recognizing Tosi's burgeoning mastery, Carrara gifted him his corteo, an essential glass-cutting tool...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Blown Glass

French Artists Michelle and Jacques Serre 2 Potiers Deux Potiers Ceramic Dish
By Jacques Serre, Les 2 Potiers
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-thrown ceramic dish glazed in shades of blue green with incised and engraved lines, and stamping decoration. Ceramic signed by the French ceramicists 2 potiers (Deux Potiers) ...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Half Moon Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this early 19th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. Hand-chise...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Limestone

Chinese Stone Courtyard Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Limestone

Chinese Imperial Yellow Peking Glass Vase, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A sumptuous example of Chinese Peking glass, this phoenix-tail vase is sculpted in a popular color known as "imperial yellow," "canary yellow" or "chicken-fat yellow." In a process s...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Art Glass

Collection of '15' Cobalt Blue caster Oil Hand Blown Bottles Made in 1800s
Located in Chicago, IL
Incredible collection of (15) Cobalt blue hand blown caster oil bottles made in the late 1800s and Imported from Ireland. Wonderful as a splash of a fantastic shade of Cobalt Blue co...
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1890s British Country Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass

Early 20th Century Bronze Trench Art Bank
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible early 20th century American Trench Art bronze bank made from a spent artillery shell casing, and with a lid with a heavy knurled k...
Category

Early 20th Century American Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Marble Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th-century French carved marble mortar, rich with history and softened by centuries of use, its surface worn smooth with a patina that only 250 years of culinary tradition could ...
Category

19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Marble

Roger Capron French Ceramic Black and White Cache Pot or Vase, Circa 1956
By Roger Capron
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron French ceramic artist black and white ceramic vase with decoration termed scarification. Similar ceramic pieces pictured on p 69 of Roger Capron Ceramist by Pierre Sta...
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Cobalt Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this tall gooseneck vase is coated in a deep blue glaze, reminiscent of a dark night sky. The vase features a rounded, glo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Miniature Bud Vase 1, Made from Brass and Patinated Finish
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these delicately, handcrafted bud vases is perfect as an individual home accessory or whimsical series. Made of brass and hand tarnished, each bud vase has its own unique for...
Category

2010s American Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Chinese Oval Stone Trough, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A rustic stone trough such as this was once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, filled with grain or water for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a bloc...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Limestone

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