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Item Ships From: Chicago
Korean Celadon Vase with Cranes in Flight
Located in Chicago, IL
Korean celadon pottery, known as cheongja, was perfected during the Goryeo dynasty (918 to 1392), when Korean kilns began emulating the turquois...
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Late 20th Century North Korean Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

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

Celadon Cloud Meiping 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...
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Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

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

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...
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Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Unglazed Terracotta Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This low terracotta pond sits with a minimal form and a beautifully irregular finish. The vessel has a tapered silhouette, with a wide mouth, narrowed base and simple, flared rim. Le...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

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

Celadon Dragon Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite celadon jar has a simple, cylindrical form traditionally used for storing loose leaf tea or other dried herbs. Three little clouds decorate the round lid and a celestial ...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Vintage French Art Deco Geometric Glass Windsor Tall Vase from Luminarc, 1970s
By Luminarc, J.G. Durand
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...
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1970s French Art Deco Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Cut Glass

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 Crackle Celadon Pear Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon porcelains are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This contempo...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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

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...
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Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Set of Four Petite Glass Chinese Medicine Bottles
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of four petite medicine vials of hand-blown glass from an early 20th-century Chinese apothecary, likely originally used to store liquid opium known as chandu. Additional Dime...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Blown Glass

Jacques and Dani Ruelland French Ceramic Bottle Aubergine Glaze
By Jacques and Dani Ruelland
Located in Chicago, IL
An iconic bottle form by the French ceramic artists Jacques and Dani Ruelland. An aubergine glaze. Signature is obscured by the glaze. Literature: Pierre Staudenmeyer, La Ce´ramiq...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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

Chinese Cizhou Glazed Wine Jar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive glazed vessel dates to the mid-19th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The large jar has an elegant, tapered form and is ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

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...
Category

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

Materials

Porcelain

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

Materials

Ceramic

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

Indian Hammered Brass Urli Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This shallow brass bowl is a monumental version of the Indian open fire cooking vessel known as urli or uruli. Traditionally, these wide metal basins were used for preparing ayurvedi...
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20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

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

Late 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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

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

A Bronze Indian Urli
A Bronze Indian Urli
$2,500 Sale Price
32% Off
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 ...
Category

2010s French Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

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 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

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

Monumental Provincial Chinese Bathtub, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
With its grand scale and perfect proportions, this rustic wooden bathtub is true showstopper. The tub has an elongated, oval shape is comprised of thick cypress wood staves held together by three iron bands. Two iron handles on either side of the basin allow it to be easily moved about a space. Dated to the early 19th century, the wood exhibits beautifully irregular grain patterns and a warm, richly aged patina that only time can achieve. An incredible way to add rustic texture to the home, we love this gorgeous bathtub as a garden planter, a firewood bin...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Iron

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

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

Pair of Colorful Chinese Jingfa Cloisonné Vases with Carved Mahogany Bases
By Jingfa
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of colorful Chinese cloisonné vases with green and blues being the primary colors. Both have floral background designs. One vase features chrysanthemums and the other red headed...
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1970s Chinese Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass, Enamel

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 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

Petite Chinese Glazed Apothecary Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite glazed jar from China's Shanxi province exemplifies the timeless appeal of handcrafted pottery. Once used in an apothecary to hold ground herbs and oils for traditional m...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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

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...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique 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

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

Materials

Porcelain

Bambara Jidaga Water Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Formed by pounding flattened clay around a convex mold, this oblong footed vessel is a water storage jar known as a jidaga, created by women of the Bambara people of Mali. The body o...
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Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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

Chinese Crackle Celadon Phoenix Tail Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon porcelains are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This contempo...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Minimalist 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 ...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Famille Rose Soup Tureen, c. 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century covered jar takes its rounded shape from serving tureens used to serve soups and stews. Contrasted by a crisp white field, the lid and sides are decorated with a lively scene of children at play in a courtyard garden. Accompanied by a man and woman, the children are each playing with a different toy, including a kite, a reed organ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Gio Ponti rare model Le Mie Terre vase manufactured by Richard-Ginori
By Richard Ginori, Gio Ponti
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

1990's Wedgwood Bizarre Sunray Meiping Vase by Clarice Cliff
By Wedgwood, Clarice Cliff
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...
Category

Late 20th Century English Art Deco Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Blue and White Vases
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of 19th century Chinese blue and white vases each hand-painted with various scholar's objects including vases filled with chrysanthemums, and flanked by pairs of incense burne...
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19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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

Jacques Blin Light Gray to Light Lavender French Ceramic Vase, circa 1960
By Jacques Blin
Located in Chicago, IL
Jacques Blin French ceramic vase with iconic sgrafitto decoration. The size is impressive and the color of the glazes are rare in a Jacques Blin vase. This example is light gray ten...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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

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

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...
Category

20th Century American Native American Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Vintage Casas Grandes Pot
Vintage Casas Grandes Pot
$937 Sale Price
25% Off
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...
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Chinese Blue & White Keepsake Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain storage jar is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner with allover pattern of abstract florals, reminiscent of chrysanthemums, clouds or auspiciou...
Category

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

Materials

Porcelain

Bud Wall Vase by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Bud wall vase by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 14 x H 12 cm Materials: patinated brass Each of these delicately, handcrafted Wall Vase is perfect as an individual home accessory. Mad...
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

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...
Category

Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Art Glass

Chinese Glazed Pickling Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used for pickling foods, this early 20th century ceramic jar is coated inside and out with a warm grey glaze. Decorative ridges patterning the jar's high shoulders manipul...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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