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Item Ships From: Chicago
Chinese Enameled Hat Stand with Two Women, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brilliantly colored with bold enamels, this porcelain hat stand was once used by a Qing-dynasty gentleman to display his caps while they weren't in use. This stand is decorated in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Zitan Brush Pot with Soapstone Inlay, c. 1900
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 beautif...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Soapstone
Chinese Enamelware 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
Fantoni for Raymor Vase with Graduated Color Drip Glaze Design
By Raymor, Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni for Raymor Vase with Graduated Color Drip Glaze Design
, Singed underside Fantoni Raymor Italy with original Raymor sticker
Dimensions:
5.50" high
9.50" dia
4.25" opening
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
fferrone Contemporary Czech Glass Fluted Large Vase Handcrafted
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
The contemporary Czech glass Stella large vase, from a single stem to a beautiful bouquet, the Stella vases highlight any flower arrangement they co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Chinese Stone Kitchen Mortar, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved from a single block of limestone, this stone vessel is an early 19th century mortar once used to grind spices, herbs, and other condiments. The hand chiseled, rustic exterior ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Granite
fferrone Contemporary Czech Glass Fluted Large with Medium Vases Handcrafted
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Large with medium Stella vases - Set of two
The contemporary Czech glass Stella large and medium vases, from a single stem to a beautiful bouquet, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Heinrich Porcelain Vase With Gilt, Lavender & Sky Blue Details
Located in Chicago, IL
Heinrich hand cut porcelain glazed vase with lavender and light blue details and parcel gilt hand painted details.
Category
1960s German Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Chinoiserie Candle Stand Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage porcelain vase is shaped like a large candle stand and decorated with a blue-and-white Chinoiserie design of an idyllic town square land...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Jonathan Nesci w/ Robert Pulley Ceramic Stool with Black Coppered Glaze 18/16
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
Coil-built ceramic stool with black coppered glaze. Marked with an engraved bronze label to underside: Jonathan Nesci w/ Robert Pulley 18/16.
Designe...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
fferrone Contemporary Czech Glass Albany Large 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
Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Jar with Ancient Censers, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this lidded baluster jar, censers have been used for thousands of years in Chinese culture as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plants and essential oils, the censer issued fragrant smoke that forged a connection to the spiritual realm. This late Qing-dynasty jar...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Tea Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brushed with dark cobalt blue atop a creamy white field, this Qing-dynasty tea leaf jar beautifully exemplifies the timeless allure of blue-and-white porcelain. The tea jar has a gen...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Provincial Chinese Glazed Water Jug, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century kitchen vessel is coated inside and out with a dark brown glaze that clings to its ribbed sides with subtle color variation. Designed for serving water or tea, the squat jar features a narrow neck, small strap handles, and a short spout for pouring. The rounded shoulders are brushed with simple linework in a contrasting light brown glaze. Textured with pitted wear and other imperfections, the rustic vessel is wonderful as an unusual vase...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
fferrone Contemporary Czech Glass Clear Modern Large Vase Handcrafted
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
The Contemporary Czech clear glass Rossi large vase, from a single stem to a beautiful bouquet, the modern and minimal Rossi vases highlight any flo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Green Glazed Maitland-Smith Fantail Vase
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
A contemporary iteration of the classic Chinese phoenix-tail vase form, this tall porcelain urn by interior design house Maitland-Smith features a square body with angular shoulders ...
Category
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Turned Wooden Mortar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite pinewood vessel is an early 20th century mortar once used daily in a provincial kitchen to grind herbs, spices, and condiments. The rustic container was hand-turned to an...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pine
Lupo Horiokami Italian Babel Wolf Vase Black Ash and Brass
Located in Chicago, IL
Babel vase by Italian artist Lupo Horiokami black ashwood, gold metallic foil.
After 20 years in the world of tattooing he understood the importance o...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ash
fferrone Glass Decorative 2 part Contemporary Flower Czech Vase Handcrafted
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
This Contemporary two-part clear Czech glass vase is both a flower frog, or flower arranger, and vessel. From a single stem to a complete arrangement, this vase celebrates flowers with its design and handcrafted techniques. Each flower frog's hole pattern is unique: it's created at just the right moment in the glass' molten state. The handcrafted Splash vase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Ginger Jar Shaped Vase In Celery & Rough Sand Glaze
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual petite vase in a tradition Asian ginger jar form with the uncommon rough sand like finish. The celery colored glaze abstract forms are outlined in black.
Category
1960s American Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Bark-Textured Scandinavian Glass Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Textured glass vase, most likely of Scandinavian origin, similar to bark vases by English glassmaker, Whitefriars.
Category
1950s Scandinavian Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Pair of Chinese Shizi Hong Ginger Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
A rich, monochrome red glaze coats this ginger jar shaped contemporary vase, drawing attention to its updated profile and its sculptural Fu dog top. Referred to as shizi, these mythi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Red Lacquer Hibachi, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to hold glowing embers, hibachi vessels were used for cooking or as a source of heat in Japanese homes. Placed under a low wood kotatsu table wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
fferrone Contemporary Czech Glass Clear Modern Medium Vase Handcrafted
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
The Contemporary Czech clear glass Rossi medium vase, from a single stem to a beautiful bouquet, the modern and minimal Rossi vases highlight any fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Petite African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hand-formed vessel bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip and dark smoke marks. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessel reflects th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malian Primitive Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Raymor Hand Vases
By Raymor
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Raymor Hand Vases, Two left hands.
Stamped on underside Raymor Mancer \
dimensions;
8' high
4' diameter
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Unglazed Terracotta Rice Jar, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Shaped according to millennia-old prototypes fired in Bronze Age, this early 20th-century ceramic jar from northern China once stored wine and spirits made from rice and grains. Thro...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Stamped Yunnan Wine Pot, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This earthenware vessel from China's Yunnan province is distinguished by its rustic drip glaze and allover stamped pattern. Originally used for storing rice wine or other liquids, th...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Primitive Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Four Seasons Chinese Phoenix Tail Vase, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The form of this 19th century porcelain vase is called "phoenix tail" for the way its flared mouth and slender waist mimic the shape of the auspicious bird. The vibrant painted scene...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper Vase in Carrara Marble
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Skipper
Located in Chicago, IL
Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper vase in Carrara Marble.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Carrara Marble
Chinese Springtime Phoenix Tail Vase, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The phoenix tail vase dates from the bronze age and has remained a popular shape for its clean lines and graceful curves. Dating from circa 1900, this vase depicts a peacock in a lovely garden setting. Lavishly detailed and masterfully painted, the vase demonstrates the high level of craft obtained by Qing-dynasty ceramic...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Jar with Scholars' Objects
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
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. The small mortar...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Granite
Chinese Indigo Blue and White Scroll Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming blue and white scroll jar speaks to an era and way of life long gone. With unique scale and a wide mouth, this contemporary jar resembles the vessels used to store and display painted scrolls in a Qing dynasty scholar's studio. The detailed scenes that decorate the jar paint a romantic picture of this moment in time. Framed by billowing clouds, a man rides a horse through...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Phoenix Tail Vase with Figures in a Garden, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The form of this 19th century porcelain vase is called "phoenix tail" because of the way its flared mouth and slender waist mimic the shape of the bird. The vibrant landscape leaps o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Handblown Art Glass Vase with Bowl by Oggetti
By Oggetti
Located in Chicago, IL
Handblown art glass vase measuring 9" tall X 8" diameter in yellow, blue, green and red glass. Handblown art glass bowl measuring 5"Diameter x 2" tall. Both from Italian art glass ma...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Iron
Fantoni Blub Shaped Vase
By Marcello Fantoni, Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantoni blub shaped vase, with layered glazes. Signed underside Fantoni Italy with layered glazes. Signed underside Fantoni Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Luzern Handgemalt Vase EM #549P, Swiss
Located in Chicago, IL
Luzern Handgemalt Vase EM #549P, Swiss. Vase is stamped on bottom and is in excellent condition.
Measures 6.75' tall, top 5" wide 4" deep
Category
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Grey Agate 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
Early 20th Century Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Agate
Chinese Bai White Meiping Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Meiping vases were traditionally used to hold the branches of plum trees, celebrated in China as symbols of strength. This contemporary update made in Jiangxi province streamlines th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Paul Chaleff Studio Vase
By Paul Chaleff
Located in Chicago, IL
Paul Chaleff Studio Vase
singed underside Paul Chaleff 1977
8" high
8" diameter
4.50"opening
footed
4.25" foot diameter
Category
1970s Vintage Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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. The exterior has...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Granite
Nigerian Nupe Storage Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
The Nupe people of Nigeria were known as some of the finest ceramicists in Africa. Everyday objects, like this storage vessel, received detailed attenti...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Primitive Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Blue and White Botanical Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain storage jar is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner with an allover pattern of botanical motifs. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-br...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Brushed Metal Vessel, Sculptural Object by Raju Peddada - "Untitled Vessel"
By Raju Peddada
Located in Chicago, IL
This prototype by designer Raju Peddada is a shift in contemporary decorative furnishings with an interactive design that engages, entices, challenges and inspires the observer on an...
Category
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
Chinese Yunnan Lobed Pot, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Charged with the humble task of storing dry goods, this small terracotta pot was hand-shaped in the 19th century with balanced proportions and a ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Smoky Black Clay Basin, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculpted in the early 20th century in southern China, this charcoal-black basin has a darkened exterior and bears the smoky traces of its fiery creation on...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Tarnished Metal Vessel/Bowl, Sculptural Object by Raju Peddada - "Lacuna"
By Raju Peddada
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable example of minimalist design and natural form, this tarnished metal vessel is both beautiful and functional. This proto-type by designer Raju Peddada is a shift in cont...
Category
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Polished Silver Vessel/Bowl, Sculptural Object by Raju Peddada - "Lacuna"
By Raju Peddada
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable example of minimalist design and natural form, this silver vessel is both beautiful and functional. This proto-type by designer Raju Peddada is a shift in contemporary ...
Category
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Chinese Enameled Hat Stand with Two Women, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brilliantly colored with bold enamels, this porcelain hat stand was once used by a Qing-dynasty gentleman to display his caps while they weren't in use. This stand is decorated in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Brown Drip Glaze Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tracing its roots back into the Han dynasty, this early 20th-century vessel emulates the full-bodied shapes and unusual glazing found in ancient ceramics...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Ruyi Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary baluster jar from artisans in Jiangxi province continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. Also known as a ginger jar or temple jar, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Enameled Hat Stand with Two Women, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brilliantly colored with bold enamels, this porcelain hat stand was once used by a Qing-dynasty gentleman to display his caps while they weren't in use. This stand is decorated in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Czech Art Deco Tango Art Glass in Black & Yellow
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Czech Art Deco Tango Art Glass in Black & Yellow
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Early Marchello Fantoni Vase
By Marcello Fantoni, Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Marchello Fantoni vase, Abstract geometric designs with blue glaze.
Signed underside "Fantoni" Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Chinese Blue and White Botanical Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain storage jar is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner with an allover pattern of botanical motifs. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-br...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Jar with Mythical Fu Lions
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain storage jar is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-brushed shading, the sides of the jar are deco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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