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Item Ships From: Illinois
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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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

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

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

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Rare Piece of Pottery by Edna Arnow
By Edna Arnow
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare piece of pottery by Edna Arnow.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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

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...
Category

2010s American Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Rick Owens Cast Bronze Coupe Vase Black Patina Signed
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 black patina. Designed in 2012. Each bronze is signed. Can be used as vase or sc...
Category

2010s French Brutalist Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Empoli Italian Glass Grape Purple Vase
By Empoli
Located in Chicago, IL
Empoli Italian glass grape purple vase.
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Art Glass

Chinese Blue and White Shan Shui Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Introduced to Europe in the 14th century, Chinese blue-and-white porcelains were highly sought after as luxury items and are still avidly collected by connoisseurs today. This bottle-shaped vase from Jiangxi province is decorated with a landscape rendered in the traditional shan shui...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Large Scheurich Ceramic Vase with Yellow Lava Glaze
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Chicago, IL
Scheurich ceramic vase small tight hairline on top rim (as shown).  
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Tamara Aladin Riihimaen Lasi Oy Finnish Modernist Vases
By Tamara Aladin
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Tamara Aladin Riihimaen Lasi Oy Finnish modernist vases.
Category

Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Art Glass

Robert Arneson Studio Vase, 1961
By Robert Arneson 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Arneson Studio vase, 1961 Glazed earthenware, (signed in black on underside 'ARNESON 61').   
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware

Italian Murano Scavo Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
A mid-20th century Italian Murano blown scavo glass vase of Classical Roman form with two green glass handles applied to an opaque white fluted vase resting a tiered green glass foot...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Blown Glass

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stainless Steel

Antique French Demijohn, 1stdibs New York
Located in Chicago, IL
Absolutely a beautiful and unusual shape demijohn or carboy. The name carboy originates from the Persian word; qarabah. Demijohn's come from the French for, dame-jeanne, or Lady Jane...
Category

1890s French Country Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass

Monumental Theo & Susan Harlander Brooklin Pottery Cubist Vase
By Susan and Theo Harlander
Located in Chicago, IL
Monumental Theo & Susan Harlander Brooklin pottery cubist vase. Vase has bad damage to it in need of restoration. Such a monumental and significant...
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese White Glazed Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by its rounded body, high shoulders, and domed lid, the time-honored Chinese baluster jar takes on a streamlined look in this contemporary interpretation made in Zhejiang pro...
Category

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

Materials

Porcelain

Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Italian Ceramic Vase Brown with Purple Lava Glaze
By Rosenthal Netter
Located in Chicago, IL
Ceramic vase made in Italy by Bitossi for Rosenthal-Netter. The vivid purple lava glaze with bright red accents flows down over the chocolate brown base color. This is a classic example of mid-century modern Italian pottery...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Early LaGardo Tackett Measuring Pitcher with Graphics
By Lagardo Tackett
Located in Chicago, IL
Early LaGardo Tackett measuring pitcher with graphics.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Lanna Thai Water Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This water jar is from Thailand and was made from clay, c. 20th century. Wear consistent with age and use.   
Category

20th Century Thai Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Clay

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Three Aage and Kasper Würtz Vases
By Kasper Würtz, Aage Würtz
Located in Chicago, IL
Wed to the tradition of hand-thrown and hand-glazed ceramics, father and son Aage and Kasper Würtz create stoneware crockery and vessels that offer ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stoneware

Large Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar with Mountain Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an important part of Chinese culture for at least a thousand years. Emulating traditional blue-and-white porcelain, this contempora...
Category

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

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Stone Garlic Mortar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved from a single block of limestone, this round stone vessel is an early 20th century mortar once used daily in a Provincial kitchen to grind herbs, spices, and other foods. Used as a decorative vessel or tabletop planter...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Limestone

Mid-20th Century Italian Woven Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic mid-20th century Italian handwoven porcelain sculpture constructed in a vase form of thinly hand-applied strips of porcelain, and then finished in a white glaze.
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Oxblood Red Melon Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The melon shape is respected by the Chinese not only as a form but as a symbol for proliferation. These contemporary ceramics call back to the Song dynasty when artisans focused thei...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Clay, Ceramic

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

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

Pair of Early 20th Century Bronze Roman-Style Urns
Located in Chicago, IL
A phenomenal pair of early 20th century French cast bronze Roman-style urns with volute handles decorated with goose heads, and a frieze in low-relief depicting a man and woman chasi...
Category

Early 20th Century French Classical Roman Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Bronze

Miniature Bud Vase 4, 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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass

Chinese Blue and White Scrolling Vine Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on China’s long-standing blue and white porcelain tradition, contemporary artisans in Beijing replicate the celebrated technique in this handsome jar. Using the jar’s simple ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese White Glazed Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by its rounded body, high shoulders and domed lid, the time-honored look of the Chinese baluster jar takes on a streamlined look in this contemporary interpretation made in J...
Category

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

Materials

Porcelain

Ceramic Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Black ceramic vase with white/gray volcanic like glaze technique.
Category

1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - 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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ash

Chinese Solid Yellow Peking Glass Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
A Chinese solid yellow Peking glass vase.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass

Chinese Art Deco Persimmon Vase with White Cranes, circa 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on the enduring phoenix tail form that dates to China’s Bronze Age, this porcelain vase from the 1920s exhibits the sinuous lines and gilded refinement that helped to define ...
Category

1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

Jacob Bang White Glass Bottle for Kastrup Denmark with Teak Stopper Raymor
By Jacob Bang, Raymor
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant decanter in white cased glass with teak stopper was designed by Jacob Bang. It retains its original paper labels for Kastrup, the maker, and Raymor, the distributor. Pl...
Category

1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Glass, Teak

Chinese Etched Limestone Trough, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Prized mounts once took refreshment from this stone trough, carved from a solid block of limestone more than hundred years ago. Once purely functional, the trough is celebrated today...
Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Limestone

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 Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Porcelain

White Glazed 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 milky white glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's Jiangxi province, the vas...
Category

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

Materials

Porcelain

White Glazed Ball Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this striking short-necked vase is cloaked in an all-over milky white glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's historic Jian...
Category

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

Materials

Porcelain

Large 19th Century American Nut Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful large 19th century oak splint nut gathering basket from the American South, with a fantastic weathered patina and beautiful sculptural form. We use it in the shop with a ...
Category

Late 19th Century American Rustic Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Oak

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 Blue and White Scholars' Scene Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Working within the time-honored tradition of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics, this lidded ginger jar depicts a Qing-dynasty man engaged in the four arts he must master to become a renowned scholar. Separated by screen motifs with an eternal coin pattern, the jar depicts a scholar painting...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

White Glazed 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 milky white glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's Zhejiang province, the la...
Category

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

Materials

Porcelain

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...
Category

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Seattle Planter Umbrella Holder by Jonathan Nesci in Wax Polished Aluminum Plate
By Jonathan Nesci
Located in Columbus, IN
Seattle planter umbrella stand/planter made in quarter-inch waxed aluminum. The bottom of the umbrella side slants slightly towards removable planter opening for a little watering help on rainy days. Included is a galvanized steel planter box for the base. Produced for The New, the inaugural show of Volume...
Category

2010s American Minimalist Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Aluminum

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...
Category

1970s Chinese Vintage Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Pair of Chinese Bronze Shih So Vases, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
With a flaring lip and striking profile, connoisseurs often refer to these exquisite vases as “turnip-shaped”. Each was crafted out of bronze over two centuries ago, and is decorated...
Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Vases and Vessels

Materials

Silver, Bronze

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