Primitive Vases and Vessels

Style: Primitive

Antique Asian Teak Wood Folk Style Tree Trunk Planter Originally Used as Mortar

Located in Yonkers, NY

A Primitive teak wood Folk style wooden tree trunk mortar from the 19th century with distressed appearance, ideal to be used as a rustic planter. Cre...

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19th Century Asian Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Teak

Antique Asian Teak Wood Folk Style Tree Trunk Planter Originally Used as Mortar

$1,250

Italian Mid 20th century Enamelled Earthenware Carafe Vase in Primitive Style

Located in Roma, IT

We offer for sale a ceramic of great charm, a hybrid between a carafe and a vase, an object of common use that takes on an artistic value thanks to its sculptural shape and the splen...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Enamel

Italian Mid 20th century Enamelled Earthenware Carafe Vase in Primitive Style

$534

Antique African Milk Jug

Located in New York, NY

Antique African wooden milk jug with tin accent. Includes a beautiful hand woven top. The jug alone is 12” high. Great as a vase or art object. Early 20th century. This container ...

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Early 20th Century Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Metal

Antique African Milk Jug

$690

Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Zodiac Jar, c. 1350

Located in Chicago, IL

Beautiful in its imperfection, this green glazed jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers...

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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Zodiac Jar, c. 1350

$2,280

Chinese Yuan Drip Glazed Offering Jar, c. 1350

Located in Chicago, IL

Beautiful in its imperfection, this lidded jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers and g...

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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Yuan Drip Glazed Offering Jar, c. 1350

$2,680

Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Zodiac Jar, c. 1350

Located in Chicago, IL

Beautiful in its imperfection, this green glazed jar from Yunnan province is an offering vessel, or spirit jar, originally filled with ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers...

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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Yuan Green Glazed Zodiac Jar, c. 1350

$2,680

Korean Nambangae Grain Mortar, c. 1800

Located in Chicago, IL

This primitive wooden vessel is a traditional Korean wood mortar used for pounding rice and grains. A form unique to South Korea's Jeju Island, the mortar is known as a nambang-ae an...

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Early 19th Century Korean Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Stone

Korean Nambangae Grain Mortar, c. 1800

$2,880

19th Century Terracotta Olive Storage Urn Mid Eastern European

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Beautiful urn which was most likely created in the late part of the 19th century. Used for storage and transportation. Amazing color and patina. Top opening...

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1880s Turkish Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Clay, Terracotta

19th Century Terracotta Olive Storage Urn Mid Eastern European

$1,196 Sale Price

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Chinese Painted Neolithic Jar Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.

Located in Bonita Springs, FL

A beautiful jar of piriform body, waisted neck, everted rim and integral rectangular-section with loop handles, circumferential bands of painted geometric motifs of hatched circles, ...

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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Chinese Painted Neolithic Jar Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.

$1,950

Chinese Painted Neolithic Jar Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.

Located in Bonita Springs, FL

A beautiful jar of piriform body, waisted neck, everted rim and integral rectangular-section with loop handles, circumferential bands of painted geometric motifs of hatched circles, ...

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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Chinese Painted Neolithic Jar Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.

$1,750

Large Western Asiatic Buff Ware Footed Storage Jar

Located in Bonita Springs, FL

A rare and captivating relic of ancient craftsmanship – This Large Western Asiatic Buff Ware Footed Storage Jar. Dating back to the 1st millennium B.C., it is an extraordinary artifa...

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15th Century and Earlier Asian Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pottery

Large Western Asiatic Buff Ware Footed Storage Jar

$1,765

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...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wood

Chinese Courtyard Grain Container, c. 1900

$1,380

Hollowed tree trunk planter

Located in Diest, BE

Great decorative tree trunk planter

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1970s French Vintage Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wood

Hollowed tree trunk planter

$1,306

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 a ...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Pine

Chinese Turned Wooden Mortar, c. 1900

$380

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...

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15th Century and Earlier African Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Petite African Redware Vessel

$780

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...

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15th Century and Earlier African Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Petite African Redware Vessel

$680

Asian Pestle and Mortar and Apothecary Jar

Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight

Asian Pestle and Mortar and Apothecary Jar These very gnarled pieces are hand made and intended for the use of preparing and keeping ingredients. They both have either a copper or b...

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19th Century Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Wood

Asian Pestle and Mortar and Apothecary Jar

$1,087 / set

Tutsi Milk Jug Vase

Located in Vancouver, BC

An authentic wood container used by the Tutsi people, a group of people residing near the African Great Lakes. Carved from a single piece of wood, this ...

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Early 20th Century Rwandan Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Hardwood

Tutsi Milk Jug Vase

$2,200

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...

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15th Century and Earlier African Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

African Redware Gooseneck Vase

$1,480

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...

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Early 20th Century Nigerian Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Nigerian Nupe Storage Vessel

$4,180

Primitive 19th Century Set Of Moroccan Terracotta Vessels

Located in Fort Collins, CO

Beautifully primitive set of three black pots in a long dish. The thick clay terracotta pots are made with an oxide finish, providing a textured blackened surface with hints of red t...

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19th Century Moroccan Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Primitive 19th Century Set Of Moroccan Terracotta Vessels

$650

Andrianna Shamaris Original Teak Wood Rice Pounder

Located in New York, NY

This antique teak wood bowl was originally used to pound rice. We added the shell inlay. This bowl was sourced in the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy that beauty can be f...

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Early 1900s Indonesian Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Original Teak Wood Rice Pounder

$1,480

Antique Terracotta Vessel, 19th Century, with Patina, Wabi Sabi, Primitive Pot

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gorgeous terracotta vessel with excellent patina and wear. 19th Century Spain.

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Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Terracotta Vessel, 19th Century, with Patina, Wabi Sabi, Primitive Pot

$950

Large Ceramic Bowl, Albert Thiry, Vallauris c. 1980

By Albert Thiry

Located in St Ouen, FR

Large ceramic piece animated by a frieze with naive patterns of pisces in scarification. Albert Thiry and his wife Pyot founded their workshop in Vallauris in 1961. Their creation i...

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1980s French Vintage Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Large Ceramic Bowl, Albert Thiry, Vallauris c. 1980

$4,633

Decorative Ceramic Pitcher, Accolay, France c. 1960

By Accolay Pottery

Located in St Ouen, FR

Grogged clay highlighted with a geometric polychrome frieze. Incised signature on bottom. About Accolay Accolay designates both the place (South Burgundy) and the name of a commun...

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1960s French Vintage Primitive Vases and Vessels

Materials

Ceramic

Decorative Ceramic Pitcher, Accolay, France c. 1960

$2,138

Primitive vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Primitive vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases and vessels created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, folk art, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, terracotta and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Primitive vases and vessels made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Africa pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases and vessels, popular names associated with this style include Andrianna Shamaris, and Elisabeth Joulia. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases and vessels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $167 and tops out at $22,191 while the average work can sell for $840.