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Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

POSTMODERN STYLE

Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.

ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
  • A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
  • Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
  • Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
  • Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980) 
  • Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
  • Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
  • Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood 
  • Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
  • Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art

POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.

Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendinia onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.

Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group,  which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.

Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals. 

After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.

On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.

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Style: Post-Modern
Amazon Round Hydro Vase by Elyse Graham
Located in Geneve, CH
Amazon round hydro vase by Elyse Graham Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 23 cm Materials: Plaster, Resin Molded, dyed, and finished by hand in la. Customization Available. All pieces...
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2010s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Resin, Plaster

Organic Form, Warm Brown Ceramic Tall Vase with Body Opening by Willem Van Hooff
Located in Geneve, CH
Taju Large Vase by Willem Van Hooff Dimensions: W 42 x D 10 x H 63 cm (Dimensions may vary as pieces are hand-made and might present slight variations in sizes) Material: Glazed Cera...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Organic Ancient Shape, Plain Beige Ceramic Big Vase by Willem Van Hooff
Located in Geneve, CH
Umo Large Vase by Willem Van Hooff Dimensions: W 50 x D 10 x H 62 cm (Dimensions may vary as pieces are hand-made and might present slight variations in sizes) Material: Glazed Ceramics Core is a serie of vessels. Inspired by Prehistoric African building techniques. I have been fascinated by vessels they have such a clear and easy function. There function is to hold and transport water. But besides that it has been a canvas for humanity to express themselves with. When I started to express myself through this object, a new form of language came out. I wanted to Challenge the contour of a vessels by bringing them out of balance. Each vessel contains a hidden chamber...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Small Atacama Vase by Josefina Munoz
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Atacama vase by Josefina Munoz Dimensions: D14 x H20 cm Material: Ceramic Available in: Medium and Large sizes. This project is the result of the experimentation with...
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2010s Swiss Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Half Half Vase by Jung Hong
Located in Geneve, CH
Half Half Vase by Jung Hong Unique Piece Dimensions: W 26 x D 26 x H 27.5 cm Materials: Porcelain.   I use the technique of 'sang-gam' (=inlay work) with my special tool, which I made myself, and create delicate and exact lines, which are all handmade, although they are often mistakenly considered manufactured. In the notched hollow lines, I delicately place the subtle different colors one by one, just as hyperrealist painters do. It took me about a year to get a detailed "moon" pattern on the porcelain "moon jar". I am a Berlin-based ceramic artist from Korea and these are very early works made in Berlin, Moon jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain...
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2010s German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Queen Green Vase by Purho
Located in Geneve, CH
Queen green vase by Purho Dimensions: D20 x H30 cm Materials: Glass Other colors and Dimensions are available. Purho is a new protagonist of made in Italy design , a work of s...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Post-Modern Italian Marble Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice post-modern Italian marble vase, circa 1980s. The vase is primarily green in color, but has brown and tan veining throughout. The vase is in very good vintage condition w...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Marble

Unique Arq 007 Musgo Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arq 007 Musgo Vase by Raquel Vidal and Pedro Paz. Dimensions: Ø 15.5 x 15.5 cm Materials: Hand-sculpted glazed stoneware. The Arq series emerged from our own past product...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Stoneware

Postmodern Art Glass Vase by Colin Terris for Caithness, Scotland, 1990s
Located in Glasgow, GB
A striking Postmodern art glass vase designed by Colin Terris for Caithness Glass, titled Xanadu and produced in Scotland during the early 1990s. Bold in both form and palette, the p...
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Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Pink-Pink Cochlea dello Sviluppo Soils Edition Vase by Coki Barbieri
Located in Geneve, CH
Pink-Pink Cochlea dello Sviluppo Soils Edition vase by Coki Barbieri Dimensions: W 24 x D 8 x H 30 cm. Materials: Handcrafted stone made with Matera stone fragments, sedimentary ro...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Stone

Postmodern German Ceramic Vase from Amano, Germany
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Ceramic Vase from Amano, Germany, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Col...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Set of 3 Mix Match Vases by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Mix & Match Vases by Tero Kuitunen Material: Handbuild terracotta. Dimensions: D22 x H40 cm, D25 x H25, D17 x H22 Also available : Two differ...
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Terracotta

Sympoiesis No 94 Vessel by Studio Viv Lee
Located in Geneve, CH
Sympoiesis No 94 Vessel by Studio Viv Lee Unique and signed Dimensions: W 17 x D 9 x H 34.5 cm Materials: White Stoneware, iron glaze, underglaze, glaze. ...
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2010s Scottish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Stoneware

Paru Small Hydro Vase by Elyse Graham
Located in Geneve, CH
Paru small hydro vase by Elyse Graham Dimensions: W 13 x D 13 x H 14 cm Materials: Plaster, Resin MOLDED, DYED, AND FINISHED BY HAND IN LA. CUSTOMIZATION AVAILABLE. ALL PIECES A...
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2010s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Resin, Plaster

Margareta Hennix, Large Glass Vase, Reijmyre Sweden Post-Modern
Located in Stockholm, SE
A large apple green glass vase designed by Margareta Hennix for Reijmyre Sweden 1990s. Signed M. Hennix In good condition.
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1990s Swedish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Steven Klinsky Ceramic Vase, 1990 s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Steven Klinsky Ceramic Vase, 1990's. Steven Klinsky has worked with designer Steven Chase.
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20th Century American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Fulvio Bianconi, "Epipedos", 1999
Located in Paris, FR
Fulvio Bianconi 'Epipedos' Vase, c. 1989 Execution: Venini, blown glass, green. Signed: Venini murano. H : 26 cm (10.23") Overall Very good condition Epipedos comes from the...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Large Jan Van Der Vaart Porcelain Taurus Vase for Rosenthal Studio Line
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Striking large and colorful porcelain vase designed by influential ceramist Jan Van Der Vaart for Rosenthal and manufactured in Germany. This vase is in the Taurus pattern that has a curved shape with folded sides. The stylized decoration of a calla lily and leaves is by German artist and designer Brigitte Doege. Signed on the side and bottom. From Wikipedia: Johannes Jacobus (Jan) van der Vaart (The Hague, 17 October 1931 – Leiden, 8 November 2000) was an influential Dutch ceramist from the 20th century, known as founder of the abstract-geometric ceramics...
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1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Porcelain

V21354 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
V21354 Vessel in Natural Oak Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 20 x W 47 x H 16 cm. Materials: Oak wood. In Pietschmann’s sculptures, trees that for centuries were part of a la...
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2010s German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Oak

Set of 2 Italian Satinato Series Vase and Glass Attributed to Carlo Moretti, 70s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Italian Satinato Series Vase and Glass attributed to Carlo Moretti, 1970s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer...
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20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Postmodern Cat Design Bottle, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Cat Design Bottle, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989. Additional information: Material: Glass, Wood Color: Yellow Styles: Postmodern Item Type: Vintag...
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20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass, Wood

Michael Schunke for Nine Iron Studio Vase, American Studio Art Glass, 1995
By Michael Schunke
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large vintage art glass vase features deep, jewel-like color palette and complex sculptural shape. The vase has ovoid silhouette with flattened sides, forming an elongated disk-shap...
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1990s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Gold

A Memphis Milano Post-Modern Ceramic Vase By Marco Zanini for Bitossi
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Marco Zanini vase for Bitossi is a quintessential example of the Memphis Milano style, characterized by its bold colors, geometric shapes, and playful, innovative design. The va...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Postmodern Glass Vase by Hans Jürgen Richartz for Richartz Art Collection, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Glass Vase by Hans Jürgen Richartz for Richartz Art Collection, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark, I am sure that it...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Original 1977 Tapio Wirkkala "Paper Bag" Ceramic Vase for Rosenthal
Located in Malmö, SE
Original Tapio Wirkkala "Paper Bag" porcelain Vase for Rosenthal. Early production, made between 1979 and 1980. Excellent condition. Marked 'Rosenthal' 'Studio Linie' and 'Germany'...
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Mid-20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Gold Dahlia Vase by WM Metal Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Gold Dahlia Vase by WM Metal Design Dimensions: D 14 x W 11 x H 22 cm. Materials: Metal. Available in gold, rose gold, blue, red, and silver. Please ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Metal

Joel O Dorisio for Lost Angel Glass Bud Vase, American Studio Art Glass, 2005
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Fused glass vase features complex multilayered colored glass core in dark Bordeau or burgundy red, cream, and sapphire blue colors, encased in clear glass in sommerso technique. Com...
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Early 2000s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso

Heide Warlamis Postmodern Memphis Design Large Vase, Vienna Collection, 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative large vase (13.5” tall) from the 1980s, designed by artist and designer Heide Warlamis as part of her renowned Vienna Collection series. The vase reflects ...
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1980s Austrian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Pottery

1985 Postmodern Hand Blown Art Glass Abstract Vase Signed Steve Hourigan
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This striking 1985 Post-Modern art glass vase, signed by Steve Hourigan, features a flattened disc form with a central opening. It displays an earthy blend of red, orange, and green ...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Large Postmodern Pottery Vase by Jesper Packness, Memphis-Style, Denmark
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful sculptural post-modern ceramic vase by Jesper Packness, Denmark. A decorative piece with a cobalt blue shiny glaze and stripes in different colors. Signed on its undernea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic, Pottery

Pair of Italian Venetian Art Glass Vases for Kreiss
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous pair of post-modern Italian Venetian art glass vases, circa 1990s. The smaller vase is a bluish purple in color and the taller one is...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Miniatur Vase in Aleppo Technique by Milan Vobruba, Gusum, Sweden, 1978
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bowl in Aleppo technique by Milan Vobruba, Gusum, Sweden, 1980 Colorless glass with irregular fusions. Rough surface with fire polished applications. Signed engraved under the stand:...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

May I Kiss You White Vase by Erica Zanella
Located in Geneve, CH
May I Kiss You White Vase by Erica Zanella Dimensions: D 9 x W 27 x H 29 cm. Materials: Plaster. May I Kiss You was a regular solid block that was hollowed out, transforming into s...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Plaster

May I Kiss You Grey Vase by Erica Zanella
Located in Geneve, CH
May I Kiss You Grey Vase by Erica Zanella Dimensions: D 9 x W 27 x H 29 cm. Materials: Plaster. May I Kiss You was a regular solid block that was hollowed out, transforming into so...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Plaster

Lunapark Rose Vase by Erica Zanella
Located in Geneve, CH
Lunapark Rose Vase by Erica Zanella Dimensions: D 7 x W 35 x H 23 cm. Materials: Plaster. Lunapark features an abstract, geometric form defined by sharp lines and pronounced angles...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Plaster

Flintstone Rose Vase by Erica Zanella
Located in Geneve, CH
Flintstone Rose Vase by Erica Zanella Dimensions: D 7 x W 25 x H 36 cm. Materials: Plaster. Flintstone features straight lines and a geometric structure. The left side rises promin...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Plaster

Venini Murano Italy Green Glass Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1996
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous very rare Italian handmade and blown bottle in light green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and prod...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Painted porcelain vase, La Borne workshop, France, circa 1990
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Octagonal stoneware vase glazed in tones of grey, brown and gold, characteristic of wood-firing techniques from La Borne. The material effects, shifting from matte to glossy, reveal...
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Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Painted porcelain vase, La Borne workshop, France, circa 1990
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Polygonal vase in slip-cast porcelain, with painted decoration and gold highlights. Broad, bluish and gray brushstrokes enliven the surface with a free and expressive gesture, revea...
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Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Post-Modern Italian Marble Lidded Jar
Located in San Diego, CA
Post-modern Italian marble lidded jar, circa 1970s. The jar is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 4"D x 5"H. Great pinkish ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Marble

Mid-Century German Glass Block Bubble Vase from Karl Friedrich Glass, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Glass Block Bubble Vase from Karl Friedrich Glass, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 official proof of authenticit...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Vintage Postmodern German Studio Pottery Vase, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Postmodern German Studio Pottery Vase, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979. Additional information: Material: Ceramic Color: Blue Styles: Postmodern Country of Or...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Bruno Gambone Italian Stoneware Vases Set 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian stoneware vases set of three designed and produced by italian artist Bruno Gambone with natural colors, signed under the base “Gambone Italy”, 1970s Italy production Dimensi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Stoneware

Sidney Cash Optical Glass Vases for the Museum of Modern Art NY MOMA
Located in Sharon, CT
Designed by Sydney Cash, very thin printed lines on very thin glass. two optical vases published in 2000 by The Museum of Modern Art NY, MOMA. Sidney Cash is an important contempora...
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Early 2000s American Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

M Ceramic Vase in White Matte by Mathilde Martin
Located in Geneve, CH
M Ceramic Vase by Mathilde Martin One Of A Kind. Dimensions: Ø 30 x H 30 cm. Opening: 14,5 cm. Foot: 6 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Handmade. Dimensions may vary. Please contact us. D...
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2010s French Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Vintage Postmodern Ceramic Pique Fleur Vase, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Postmodern Ceramic Pique Fleur Vase, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989. Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Style: Postmodern Color: Beige Item Ty...
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20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Barbara Brenner Porcelain Vase for Rosenthal
Located in Miami, FL
Organic postmodern porcelain vase by Barbara Brenner for Rosenthal, 1980s.        
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Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Geometrical Rose Ceramic Vase by Evangeline, Quebec 1970s – Postmodern Memphis
Located in Toronto, CA
Striking and sculptural, this rose-toned pink ceramic vase was handcrafted by Evangeline Ceramic Accessories Inc. in Labelle, Quebec, circa 1970s. Produced in small studio batches, e...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Sculptural Aztec Vase by Javier Mariscal for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s.
Located in Lille, FR
Sculptural Aztec Ceramic Vase by Javier Mariscal for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s.
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1980s German Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Postmodern Dutch Studio Pottery Sculptural Vase with Bird Design, Holland, 1996
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Dutch Studio Pottery Sculptural Vase with Bird Design from Agu Reuver, Holland, 1996, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution mark. A...
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20th Century Dutch Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Set of 2 Small Vintage German Postmodern Cult Metropolitan Vases, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Small Vintage German Postmodern Cult Metropolitan Vases by Dieter Sieger for Arzberg, 1980s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution ma...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Porcelain

Postmodern German Studio Pottery Art Vase Sculpture, 1982
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German Studio Pottery Art Vase Sculpture, 1982, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989. Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Color: Beige Styles: Postmodern...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Vibrant Vintage Art Glass Bud Vase by Kosta Boda, Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
Vibrant Vintage Art Glass Bud Vase by Kosta Boda, Signed, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 2.5"W x 1.5"D x 9"H. The vase...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Art Glass

Pair Chrome Geometric Vases, 1980
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair Chrome Geometric Vases, 1980’s. Original excellent condition. Rectangular vase measures 11.25” tall 3.25” wide 1.5” deep, Circular vase 11.25” tall 3” diameter
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Chrome

"Toute Petite Étrangeté" Cocoon Vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s
Located in Lille, FR
"Toute petite étrangeté" cocoon vase by Philippe Starck for Daum, France, 1980s. Signed.
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1980s French Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Crystal

Set of Three 3 Authentic Signed Gabriella Crespi Brass Vases
Located in North Miami, FL
Trio of almond shaped brass vases in graduating heights signed Gabriella Crespi to the bottom of each. These are full authentic and signed vases. The patina to the brass is warm and ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Brass

Postmodern Ceramic Carafe Vase by JS for Mobach
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Ceramic Carafe Vase by JS for Mobach, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Color: Black Styles: Postmodern Item Type:...
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20th Century Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Ceramic

Fulvio Bianconi, "Epipedos", 2011
Located in Paris, FR
Fulvio Bianconi 'Epipedos' Vase, c. 2011 Execution: Venini, blown glass, green and yellow. Signed: Venini murano. Measure: H : 15 cm (5.9") Overall Very good condition Epipe...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

Postmodern German 488 Wall Bathroom Vase from Hewi, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern German 488 Wall Bathroom Vase from Hewi, 1980s, in Flawless conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Glass...
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20th Century German Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass, Plastic

Fulvio Bianconi, "A Spicchi", 1953
Located in Paris, FR
Fulvio Bianconi 'A Spicchi' Vase, c. 1953 Execution: Venini, blown glass, purple, pink and blue. Signed: Original label and signature (Picture 4) H : 36 cm (14.17") Overall Ver...
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1950s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Vases and Vessels

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Glass

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