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Chinese Terracotta Soup Pot, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Based on vessels fired in ancient Chinese kilns, this jar's perfect proportions haven't changed much since the Bronze Age. Keeping in the tradition of its predecessors, this early 20th century ceramic vessel is glazed with a slip of red clay, yielding a warm, terracotta coloring. Two small strap handles sit on the high shoulders of the jar's otherwise unadorned round form. Originally used as a soup...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Large Empoli Italian Glass Rose Pink Decanter with Stopper
By Empoli
Located in Chicago, IL
Empoli Italian glass rose pink decanter with stopper.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Small Antique 1900s Solid Brass Apothecary Mortars and Pestles - Set of 2
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of 2 very cool heavy brass (?) antique mortar and pestles. Actually one may be brass and one copper, judging from the green aging tinge inside. They are not a matched set but ver...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Classical Roman Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Chinese Blue and White Four Flowers Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Loosely brushed with cobalt blue pigments, this round, blue-and-white storage jar is underglazed with lush garden scenery featuring the flowering plants of the four seasons. Tree peo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Green Glazed Planter Pot Vase from Guangdong Province with Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Green Glazed Planter Pot Vase from Guangdong Province with Stand
This decorated planter originates from Guangdong, located on the north shore of the South China Sea. Display...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century American Studio Pottery in Citron
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-20th century studio pot in citron
Dimensions: 9.25 in H x 8 in W, with 6 in opening and a 5 in base.
Category
20th Century American Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Petite Blue and White Chinese Pear Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Contrasted by a crisp white field, this small porcelain vase is decorated in the timeless blue-and-white style with bold brushwork and deep cobalt-blue color. The gracefully curved f...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pewter
Petite Pre-Columbian Chupícuaro Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
This small olla jar is a beautiful example of Mesoamerican pottery, decorated with red, white, and orange slip in the style of Chupícuaro ware. Th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Chinese Floral Cast Iron Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage cast iron mortar from China's Shanxi province is patterned in low relief with a simple floral design. Originally used in a traditional ap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Iron
Chinese Provincial Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea has an auspicious beginning—it was purportedly enjoyed by the Buddha himself, and cakes of tea as large as wagon wheels were given to Chinese emperors as tribute. Tea drinking wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Ceramic Vase by Aldo Londi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Chicago, IL
Bitossi ceramic vase by Aldo Londi.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to store tea leaves, this jar is nonetheless a stunning example of blue and white porcelain. Surrounded by peonies and chrysanthemum blossoms, two phoenixes sit perched upon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Glazed Kitchen Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century vessel emulates the full-bodied shapes and unusual glazing found in ancient ceramics. A thick brown glaze clings to the upper half of the jar, dripping to a s...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
White Agate Chinese Snuff Bottle, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Agate
Chinese Blue and White Water Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brushed with a dark, blue-black glaze atop a white field, this Qing-dynasty water vessel is wonderfully painted in a carefree style with stylized figures and loose shading. Designed ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Bai Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Rendered in a striking cool white glaze, this contemporary porcelain jar offers a modern take on a classic form. Lidded jars like these were used in tea shops in China, where tea dri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Stamped Chinese Yunnan Pot, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This unique 19th century Chinese earthenware pot is distinguished by its remarkable stamp pattern. With a brown drip glaze, this vase features a bulbous shaped body that stands on a ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese White Glazed Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Rendered in a striking white glaze, this contemporary porcelain jar offers a modern take on a Classic form. Lidded jars like these were used in tea shops in China, where tea drinking...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Stone Garden 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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Granite
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt vase, striped graduated tones vase.
"Signed underside CB".
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese White Glazed Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Rendered in a striking cool white glaze, this contemporary porcelain jar offers a modern take on a Classic form. Lidded jars like these were used in tea shops in China, where tea dri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary lidded baluster jar continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain ware. Painted with cobalt pigments for a brilliant blue finish, the ja...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Clyde Burt Face Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt stylized face vase in glazed stoneware with manipulated and applied facial details.
Signed to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental 19th Century American Feather Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
A monumental 19th century American ash and oak splint feather basket of fantastic size with two banded handles, a wide bentwood rib running around the belly of the basket, and a wood...
Category
19th Century American Rustic Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ash
Chinese Stone Kitchen Mortar, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved from a single block of granite, this stone vessel is an early 19th century mortar once used in a Chinese kitchen to grind spices, herbs, and other condiments. Chisel marks tex...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Granite
Chinese Persimmon Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
White cartouches open on this vibrant vase’s persimmon orange field like parting clouds, revealing scenes of young boys practicing martial arts. Perhaps c...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Coiled Pickling Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used for fermenting rice or sorghum into vinegar, this earthenware vessel from the early 20th century is coated inside and out with a thick, dark glaze. The rich brown gla...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Enameled Teapot with Mythical Qilin, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Persimmon Orange Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of ceramics, this striking long-necked vase is cloaked in an all-over persimmon-orange glaze. With a rounded, globular body and cylindrical neck, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Citron Yellow Round Onion Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
The striking bright yellow of this vase draws on a long Chinese tradition of glazing sculptural forms with a single, statement-making color. This contemporary take cloaks the round curves of the onion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt stylized face vase in matte gray glazed stoneware with manipulated and applied facial details.
Signed to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Ceramic Vase by Alvino Bagni for Bitossi / Raymor Gunmetal Black
By Bitossi, Raymor
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Italian Ceramic Vase by Alvino Bagni for Bitossi / Raymor. As shown in detail of inside, these are hand thrown vases.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Fish and Flora Blue and White Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. Delicately rendered with fish and flora beneath fanciful waves, the vase's whimsical motif draws from these traditional Chinese symbols...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Tapered Puddingstone Basin
Located in Chicago, IL
This clean-lined stone basin was hand-carved with a tapered form by artisans in China's Shandong province. Though it looks like a meticulous painting, the mesmerizing pattern of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone
Mid 19th Century French Bronze Grand Tour Vase Signed by Achille Collas
By Achille Collas, F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite 19th-century patinated bronze vase, crafted by the esteemed Ferdinand Barbedienne foundry, beautifully demonstrates the innovative reduction technique developed by Ach...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Large Scheurich Ceramic Vase
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Chicago, IL
Scheurich ceramic vase
One minor chip on top rim (as shown).
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Nupe Incised Water Vessel
By Nupe
Located in Chicago, IL
The Nupe people of Nigeria were touted as some of the finest ceramicists in Africa. Everyday objects, like this water vessel, received detailed attention. The vessel's varied texture...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Blenko Art Glass Vase Pitcher
By Blenko Glass
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vintage Blenko Art Glass vase pitcher. Attributed to Wayne Husted.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Tall Citron Yellow Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary take on the traditional baluster jar puts all the focus on its timeless silhouette. Characterized by its high shoulders, flared base and domed lid, the elegant balu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Floral Cast Iron Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
Cast in iron with a raised floral design, this vintage mortar was once used in a traditional apothecary to create herbal medicines. Beautifully aged with a rich patina, the footed mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Iron
fferrone Contemporary Czech Glass Albany Medium Fluted Vase Handcrafted
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
The Albany vase collection inverts tradition with the intricate fluting detail on the interior of the vase. The strong, simple lines of the vases make these perfect for any interior....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
fferrone Contemporary Czech Glass Fluted Medium Vase Handcrafted
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
The Contemporary Czech glass Stella medium vase, from a single stem to a beautiful bouquet, the Stella vases highlight any flower arrangement they c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Chinese Floral Apothecary Mortar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage mortar and pestle from Shanxi, China was cast in iron with a floral relief. It was originally used in a traditional apothecary t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Iron
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 Floral Cast Iron Mortar and Pestle
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage cast iron mortar and pestle from is from China's Shanxi province and is patterned in low relief with floral motifs. It...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Iron
Set of Four Delft Blue and White Vases
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite set of four mid-20th century Dutch Delft vases showcases the timeless beauty of blue and white pottery. Each vase features a graceful silhouette with wide lips, long n...
Category
1960s Dutch Baroque Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Large Bitossi Ceramic Vase by Aldo Londi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Chicago, IL
Bitossi ceramic vase by Aldo Londi.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Faceted French Pressed Glass Vase, Triangular Geometric 1970s, France
By Luminarc
Located in Chicago, IL
French geometric shaped three-sided clear pressed glass vase by Luminarc with wonderful heavy weight. Reflects the light brilliantly. Signed F...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Vintage Italian Red Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Italian Red Vase
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Early 20th Century German Salt Glazed Pitcher
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century German Handarbeit salt-glazed pitcher exudes whimsical charm and artisanal craftsmanship. Featuring playful squirrels and large-scale stylized flowers incised...
Category
Early 20th Century German Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Contemporary Black Ceramic Vase by Hector Ortega / Mata Ortiz
Located in Chicago, IL
Fine Contemporary Black Ceramic Vase by Hector Ortega / Mata Ortiz
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
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...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Jacques and Dani Ruelland French Ceramic Bottle in Pale Mauve Glaze
By Jacques and Dani Ruelland
Located in Chicago, IL
An iconic bottle form by the French ceramic artists Jacques and Dani Ruelland. A pale lavendar mauve glaze.
Signed.
Literature: Pierre Staudenmeyer, La Ce´ramique Francaise des Anne...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
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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