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Item Ships From: Illinois
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 Organic Modern Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wood
Pair of Architectural Pottery Domino Planters by Malcolm Leland in Rare Blue
By Architectural Pottery, Malcolm Leland
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Architectural Pottery Domino Planters by Malcolm Leland in Rare Blue Glaze, model DB-2
From the Collection of Max Lawrence, Los Angeles Museum of California Design
Comes wit...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Bronze Vessel/Challis, Sculptural Object by Raju Peddada - "Wotan"
By Raju Peddada
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable example of minimalist design and natural form, this bronze vessel is both beautiful and functional. This proto-type by designer Raju Peddada is a shift in contemporary ...
Category
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bronze
Polished Silver Decantor, Sculptural Object by Raju Peddada - "Arno"
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 prototype by designer Raju Peddada is a shift in contemporary d...
Category
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Brushed 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 brushed metal vessel is both beautiful and functional. This proto-type by designer Raju Peddada is a shift in contem...
Category
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Chinese Famille Verte Hat Stand with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this porcelain hat stand was once used by a Qing-dynasty gentleman to display his cap while it wasn't being worn. The hat stand is decorated in the fa...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Stanley Tigerman White Ceramic "Tigerman City" Coffee Canister
By Stanley Tigerman
Located in Chicago, IL
Extremely rare 1988 porcelain coffee canister for Swid Powell by winner of the 1933 World's Fair "Beautiful Baby" contest and Chicago Seven architect and iconoclast, Stanley Tigerman.
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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 African Primitive Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
Clyde Burt Weed Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt speckled gourd-form weed vase in blush ombre glazed stoneware. Signed to underside: [CB].
Category
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Soapstone
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 Rustic Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Limestone
Stig Lindberg Vase
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted Ceramic vase. Signed on underside.
This item is currently on view in our NYC Greenwich Street Location.
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Rosenthal-Netter Vase Gold/Black Metallic, Italy
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in Chicago, IL
Bitossi Rosenthal-Netter Vase Gold/Black Metallic, Italy. Vase is labeled Italy on bottom.
Measurements 8" tall, 4.25" diameter
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Blenko Optic Chartreuse Glass Pitcher Vase by Winslow Anderson
By Blenko Glass, Winslow Anderson
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Blenko Optic Chartreuse Glass Pitcher Vase by Winslow Anderson. Model #963
Color looks Chartreuse to me. A beautiful almost neon yellow green. With tiny air bubbles as descri...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Les 2 Potiers Michelle and Jacques Serre French Ceramic Vase Signed 2 Potiers
By Les 2 Potiers
Located in Chicago, IL
French ceramic artists Michelle and Jacques Serre 2 Potiers ceramic vase in the iconic color palette of mottled greens and blues.
This vase has wonderful banding of darker marking ar...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Oblong Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this 19th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. Hand-carved from...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Granite
Mid Century Iparmuveszeti Vallalat Hungarian Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid century Iparmuveszeti Vallalat Hungarian vase. Signed by the artist by "Suldorn"?
Iparmuveszeti Vallalat was an arts and crafts company that sold handicrafts made by various c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
Viktor Schreckengost Vase with Fish Cowan Pottery
By Cowan Pottery, Viktor Schreckengost
Located in Chicago, IL
Viktor Schreckengost Vase with Fish for Cowan Pottery
Drypoint decorated glazed earthenware
Size : 6½ h × 5½ w in
Impressed studio mark to underside ‘Cowan’.
Literature: Cowan Potter...
Category
1930s American Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Courtyard Grain Container, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic wooden container dates to the early 20th century and was once used to store dry goods or household items in a provincial home in Yunnan province. Hollowed from a single t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wood
Chinese Courtyard Grain Container, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic wooden container dates to the early 20th century and was once used to store dry goods or household items in a provincial home in Yunnan province. Hollowed from a single t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wood
Early Fantoni Vase
By Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Fantoni vase, ceramic with green glaze.
[Signed underside Fantoni Italy with logo].
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Full 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. The large ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stone
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Bronze Vessel, Sculptural Object by Raju Peddada - "Giraffe"
By Raju Peddada
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable example of minimalist design and natural form, this bronze vessel is both beautiful and functional. This proto-type by designer Raju Peddada is a shift in contemporary ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
African Redware Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Covered in a beautifully worn red clay slip, this hand-formed African vessel has a dramatic silhouette of a squat, ovoid body and a long, narrow neck. Subtly etched crosshatch patter...
Category
15th Century and Earlier African Primitive Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Fantoni Orange and Green Glazed Vase
By Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Monumental Fantoni Orange and Green Glazed Vase, This is the larger more rare version, signed Fantoni Studio Italy underside.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Burled Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Carefully carved from a cypress tree burl, this late 19th-century burlwood vessel is known as a brush pot, a container traditionally used to hold select calligraphy brushes in a scho...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Burl
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century American Glazed Stoneware Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century American tall Albany-slip-glazed stoneware storage jar with a heavy lip. This jar was originally used to store food, but is perfect today for storing umbrellas, walkin...
Category
19th Century American Primitive Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Bamileke Storage Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Like other African everyday ceramics, Bamileke storage pots are revered for their simple forms yet astonishing beauty. Each is hand shaped and fired in the open. They are generally s...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Rene Lalique Charmilles Vase
By René Lalique
Located in Countryside, IL
Rene Lalique Charmilles Vase
This vase measures: 13 wide x 13 deep x 14 inches high
This Vase is in Excellent Vintage Condition.
We take our ph...
Category
2010s French Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Nupe Gourd Water Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by the natural world, nupe ceramicists fired this water vessel in the shape of a gourd. The vessel's varied textures and colors come from its utilitarian design. The paralle...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Ancient Marble Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous ancient vessel carved from one piece of marble with subtle pink veins running throughout. Perfect for use as a vessel sink in a powder room,...
Category
18th Century Rustic Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Coiled Pickling Pot, circa 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 inky black gla...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Toso Aventurine Vase with Orange Swirl Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite Aventurine Vase by renowned Venetian glassmaker Fratelli Toso is a stunning example of Mid-Century Modern craftsmanship, masterfully crafted in Murano, Italy, circa 19...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano 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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Granite
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Copper
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Large Vintage Ceramic Vase by Robert Maxwell for Design West of California
By Robert Maxwell
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large Vintage ceramic vase by Robert Maxwell for Design West of California.
Would also make a nice table lamp.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Green and White Peking Glass Vase - Pair
Located in Countryside, IL
Antique Chinese Green and White Peking Glass Vase - Pair
Each vase measures: 5.75 wide x 5.75 deep x 11.75 inches high
We take our photos in a con...
Category
Early 2000s Chinese Modern Illinois - 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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Signed Spiral Glazed Brown & Gold Foliate Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Spiral glazed brown and gold ceramic vase with a white glazed interior. Beautifully delicate floral details on two sides. Trumpeted opening and footed base. Signed "Rod J-P '61."
Category
1960s American Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
fferrone Contemporary Handcrafted Czech Large & Medium Fluted Glass Vases
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Stella Vases Large & Medium - set of 2
Pure in form, the lenticular effect of the fluted glass masks the stems and showcases the flower heads. The facet near the bottom serves as a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Blue Kraka Orrefors Vase by Sven Palmquist
By Sven Palmquist
Located in Winnetka, IL
A Mid century Kraka Orrefors blue vase by Sven Palmquist signed.
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Chinese Spotted Bamboo Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden vessel is an early 20th-century brush pot, a container used to hold select calligraphy brushes in a traditional Chinese scholars' studio. Placed alongside the Four Treasu...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Bamboo
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Japanese Red Lacquer Negoro Hibachi with Rabbits, Edo Period, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With monumental scale and beautiful, hand-carved details, this remarkable red lacquer hibachi is a true work of art. Designed to hold glowing embers, hibachi vessels such as this were used for cooking or as a source of heat in Japanese homes. Placed under a low wood kotatsu table...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Yoichi Ohira Murano Art Glass Vase Mosaic Murrine Sporgenti Unique L. Serena
By Yoichi Ohira
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A rare and exquisite example of Yoichi Ohira's finest works, an art glass vase handcrafted on the venetian island of murano. Blown glass canes with mirrune and powder inserts, polish...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
fferrone Contemporary Handcrafted Czech Fluted Glass Albany Small Vase
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
ALBANY SMALL VASE
The Albany Vase inverts tradition with intricate fluting detail on the interior. The strong architectural lines are an exercise in material studies and production ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Fantoni for Raymor Vase with Graduated Color Drip Glaze Design
By Fantoni, Raymor
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
fferrone Contemporary Handcrafted Czech Fluted Glass Vases Set of 3
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Albany Small, Medium & Large Vases - Set of 3 Glass
This set of 3 designer vases looks beautiful together or alone and makes an eye-catching addition to any shelf or table in your h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pine
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