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Urns For Sale
Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Champleve Ormolu Ewers Signed Rochette 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine & large pair of 19th century antique French Sevres Porcelain, ormolu and champleve enamel, handpainted ewers, signed "C. Rochette", circa 1890. Each ewer having a finely cast & gilded bronze rococo handle, each neck is decorated with exquisite champleve enamel. Each ewer having a dark blue porcelain baluster shaped body, with two oval hand-painted reserves each with a courting couple signed "C. Rochette", both reserves are surrounded with lavish gilding & at the base of each painted panel are the Sevres interlaced L's. To the rear are corresponding panels also finely handpainted with landscape scenes, the ewers are raised on champleve socle bases and with onyx plinths below. Condition of both ewers is excellent, a very beautiful pair of exqusite late 19th century Sevres ewers...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Urns

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

Oscar Bach Style Neoclassical Footed Bronze Censer
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Neoclassical style bronze censer featuring lion heads and paw feet In the manner of Oscar Bach USA, Mid-20th Century Measures: 5.5"W x 5.5"D x 12.25"H. Very go...
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Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Bronze

21st Century Glazed and Painted Ceramic Chinese Vase With Flowers, 2000
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Chinese vase from the beginning of the 21st century. Work in glazed and hand painted ceramic with floral and animal decorations. Vase of excellent proportion with a top opening of 23...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Yellow Tole Obelisk Urn With Paw Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
A charming neoclassical yellow tole water or tea urn in the form of an obelisk balanced on a square plinth by fours balls supported by brass paw feet. Decorated on four sides with ma...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Urns

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair 1920 s Art Deco Wedgwood Urns/ Brass Handle Detail / Smaller Size/ Signed
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair Antique Wedgwood Bone China Blue Urns with Brass Handles and Base. Signed and in ready to show condition. Smaller sized, highly detailed.
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1920s British Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Large 19th Century German Gilt-Trimmed Meissen Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
19th century German large blue and white Meissen porcelain vase with gilt trim and scroll handles.
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19th Century German Napoleon III Antique Urns

Materials

Gold

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Wine Vessel Askos with Panther Handle
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour panther handled askos, or wine vessel. The design of this piece is probably based on a bronze Roman askos held within Naples Museum. An askos is an a...
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Porcelain Urns, KPM Berlin, 1990s
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of lidded urns in white-glazed porcelain by KPM Berlin, with ribbon handles and draped festoons on the body. The conical, slightly bulbous vessels feature a central cartouche. T...
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1990s German Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Lidded Urns with Lilies
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming pair of Chinese blue and white urns crafted in porcelain in a classic form with removable lids and hand decorated with lilies and flowers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Large Lidded Vase
Located in New York, NY
A large single circa 1940s French lidded vase with handles and repousse' details on base and lid. Measurements: Height 30" Width (handle to handle) 90" ...
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1940s French Vintage Urns

Materials

Brass

19th Century Two-Handled Terracotta Urns with Aged Patina, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
19th century two-handled terracotta urns with aged patina, Spain.
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Late 19th Century Spanish Country Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Scandinavian Modern Wooden Pine Urn Exceptional Quality, 1970s, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This wonderful urn was created in Älvdalen, Sweden, 1974. The amount of hour to create this exceptionally well worked piece are countless. The finish in the layers of the Pine wood i...
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Pine

19th Century Tole Water Urn
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A paint Decorated tole water urn with great charm. A nice center piece for a console or table.
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19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Metal

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Granite Urns, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Granite Urns, late 19th century, each of baluster form with laurel twig entwined handles, acorn finials, leaf capped bodies on square plin...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Flowering Branch Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) famille rose similar porcelain white urns depicting fowl nestled amid an abundance of flowering branches, accented with foo dog scrolled h...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Collection Of Six Graduated Woodbury Pewter Trophy Cups
Located in Bridgeport, CT
All hand-crafted in Woodbury CT and all in the same classic tall twin-handled style with tall feet. With brushed interiors and bases. Some retaining their brochures. Included in this...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Urns

Materials

Pewter

Pair of 19 th c. French urns in the Sevres style with champleve accents
Located in Houston, TX
The champleve work on these pieces is exquisite and very well done. The hand painted scenes are exceptional and painted in very sof Pastel hues. The ormolu mounts are well cast and t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Paris Pink Porcelain Covered Urns
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair are charmingly painted in oval reserves with mother and child within a gilt jeweled border, and verso with wild flowers. Each domed cover is painted correspondingly with a ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Large Chinoiserie Style Urns or Vases on Pedestals of Glazed Terracotta
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of large chinoiserie style urns or vases on pedestals of glazed terracotta Measurements: Item A: Pedestal: H 31.29 in, D 12.99 in, W 13.38 in Total height with vase 45.66 ...
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Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Urns

Materials

Terracotta

A Large Art Deco Style Black Glazed Ovoid Vase with Gilt Geometric Decoration
Located in San Francisco, CA
the large ovoid vessel tapering to the base; adorned overall with geometric gilt decoration all on a black matte ground
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1980s English Art Deco Vintage Urns

Materials

Pottery

French Pair Gilded Bronze Ornamental Neo-Classical Decorated Ewers
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine pair antique French neo-classical gilded bronze ornamental ewers applied with scroll and vine designs dating from the 19th century. The ewers stand on a scroll and molded...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Continental Style Hand Decorated Covered Decorative Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exquisite 19th-century Continental style covered urn is a testament to the intricate artistry and craftsmanship of its era. The urn's exterior is adorned with a vibrant and deta...
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1850s Modern Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Midcentury Watering Can, Ebert Fun Design, Europe, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Midcentury Plastic Can In good original condition Fully functional 8litres
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Urns

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Indian Hand-Hammered Distressed Tin Storage Canister, Early 20th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
An early 20th century hexagonal storage canister hand-hammered on distressed tin from India. This canister adopts an hexagonal shape with a curving b...
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Early 20th Century Indian Urns

Materials

Tin

Guatemalan Glazed Cooking Pot w/Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A larger-sized Guatemalan clay pot with beautiful glazed finish. This vintage cooking vessel has been made of clay, has a rounded-shape with flattened bottom and recessed top hole with rounded lip. The pot has four handles about its perimeter. This pot is perfectly-imperfect, with a nice texture, some minor chipping to the handles, and areas of old black patina from cooking over a fire; a lovely show of history of prior use/age. This Guatemala ceramic...
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20th Century Guatemalan Rustic Urns

Materials

Clay

Heintz Arts Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Lidded Tea Caddy or Cigar Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze lidded canister, tea caddy, or cigar box with verdigris green patina. By Heintz Art Metal Shop (signed to the underside) ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Urns

Materials

Sterling Silver, Bronze

Antique Perforated Terracotta Urn, Hungary, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Perforated terracotta urn with handles and modest hand-painted details banding around the top of the piece. The use of this urn as utilitarian object is well-reflected in its prese...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Rustic Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Ceramic Vases
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two beautiful large ceramic vases. Measures: Height 51 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Pair Of Antique Decorative Urns, Japanese, Bronze, Vase, Edo Period, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique decorative urns. A Japanese, bronze baluster vase, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1850. Delightful pair of va...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Royal Copenhagen Green Crackle Glaze Porcelain Urn #3587
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Extremely rare art deco style Royal Copenhagen green crackle glaze porcelain urn with brown and 24K gold trim. The footed urn having wid...
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20th Century Danish Art Deco Urns

Materials

Porcelain

20th Century (Early) Pair English Royal Crown Derby Covered Urns Tiffany CO.
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
20th Century (Early) Pair English Royal Crown Derby Covered Urns Tiffany & CO. Beautiful pair purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questi...
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20th Century French Georgian Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Urns Pair Flowers French 18th Century Faiance France
Located in New York, NY
Urns Pair Flowers French 18th Century Faiance France. A pair of urns made during the 18th Century in France. Decorated with flowers painted in Blue, Or...
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Early 18th Century French Rococo Antique Urns

Materials

Faience

Ceramic Urn with Beautiful Rusty Cobalt Blue Finish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ceramic urn in cobalt blue glaze with beautiful rusty finish. This item can be used as an urn or as a vase.
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Large and Ornate Figural Bronze Handled Urn
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Figural bronze urn with relief figures among the foliage, the urn with two sea serpent handles with embossed scales, scalloped rim, footed. Very...
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Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Urns

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Decorative Flower Vase, Chinese, Ceramic, Urn, Spice Jar, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative flower vase. A Chinese, ceramic lidded urn, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Pleasingly eye-catching with appealing blue and white finish Disp...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Unusual Decorative Antique Brass Urn
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual Decorative Antique Brass Urn with lid, lovely vine and leaf design all over with decorative ornate handles, good condition.
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Early 19th Century Antique Urns

Materials

Brass

Amalfi Coast Lemons in Blue Faux Stone Vases
Located in New York, NY
Amalfi Coast lemons in blue faux stone vases. Vintage Bundles of very real looking and vibrant faux lemons mixed with pine cone faux artichokes. Superb ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Urns

Materials

Paint

18th Century Rare Terracotta Hand Carved French Biot Pot
Located in Miami, FL
This fabulous handmade terracotta pot originated in the Provençal town of Biot and was used to store olive oil. In perfect condition, the photos show the pot in sunlight. These pots ...
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1780s French Baroque Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Marble Cassolettes
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Pair of elegant Marble Cassolettes of outstanding quality, the central marble ovoid shaped body is adorned with Gilt Bronze cast scroll handles with beads that flow downwards and div...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Urns

Materials

Marble

19th Century French Monumental Terracotta Cobalt Blue Glazed Vase-Urn
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century French monumental terracotta cobalt blue glazed vase-urn This elegant palace sized French cobalt blue glazed terracotta floor vase from the 19th century, is a stunn...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Urns

Materials

Terracotta

19th Century French Hand Painted / Gilt Porcelain Covered Pair Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Discover a captivating pair of 19th Century French hand-painted and gilt porcelain covered urns that exude elegance and sophistication. These urns feature exquisitely hand-painted la...
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1820s French Victorian Antique Urns

Materials

Gold

Elizabeth Vase in Vintage Brass Glass and Granite Base
Located in Paris, FR
Vase Elizabeth with structure in vintage brass finish with hand-cut glass and on granite base.  
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Urns

Materials

Granite, Brass

Small Vintage Posy Vase, Chinese, Cloisonne, Display Urn, Art Deco, Circa 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small vintage posy vase. A Chinese, cloisonné display urn, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1940. Petite yet ornate vase, with charming ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Large Antique Art Deco Ceramic Vase by Otto Grell, 1929
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large Art Deco / Art Nouveau ceramic vase with hand-carved stylized, symmetrical lines and patterns by Otto Grell in 1929. Shiny dark blue and warm yellow g...
Category

Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Bacchanalian Ewers with Cherubs
Located in Worcester, GB
Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Bacchanalian Ewers with Cherubs A fine and decorative pair of French gilt bronze ewers in the Renaissance Revival taste, richly cast with Ba...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Antique Pair French Gilt Porcelain Vases or Urns En Grisaille Lover Scenes 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning pair of unusual hand painted glazed porcelain lidded vases of bulbous outline, of Continental origin, possibly one of the factories in the Sevres region in France. Last half...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamel Urns
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamel Urns
Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Urns

French Neoclassical Urn Form Steel Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Neoclassical style urn-form steel lamp with brass oval rings on the sides and repousse acanthus leaf decoration. The round base with a twisted rope for...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Urns

Materials

Brass, Steel, Wrought Iron

Large French Salt Glazed Urn or Oil Jar from the 19th C
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large French salt glazed urn or oil jar from the 19th c., featuring the traditional amphora shape and handles on opposing ends.
Category

19th Century French Antique Urns

Materials

Earthenware, Ceramic, Pottery

A Large Marble and Bronze Covered Urn
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A large heavy rouge marble and patinated bronze round covered urn. The thick marble vessel with lid mounted with cast bronze grape and vine motif with masks of the mythological figu...
Category

Late 20th Century Urns

Materials

Marble

19th Century Pair of Vases "Porcelaine de Paris"
Located in Stockbridge, GA
19th century pair of vases "Porcelaine de Paris".
Category

Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Hammered Copper and Brass Urns or Lamp Bases
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of Hammered Copper and Brass Urns or Lamp Bases. These beauties could be made into lamps as they already have holes drilled in the base. Possible origins in Mexico but no signat...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Urns

Materials

Brass, Copper

Antique French Urn Vase Oak Cherubs Putti Highly Carved Hippocamp 19thC
Located in Tyler, TX
Exquisite antique French urn~~highly carved oak cherubs, putti, hippocamp and acanthus accents~~c. 1880s A must see~~stunning hand-carved french ...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Oak

Vintage Pencil Bamboo Urn Shaped Vessel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Classical pencil bamboo urn planter in the style of Gabriella Crespi. A very unique piece.
Category

20th Century Urns

Materials

Bamboo

Gilt Porcelain Large Dresden Two Handled Garniture Vase and Cover
Located in Lomita, CA
The porcelain factories of Dresden are renowned for this type of decorative piece and this monumental vase would have been at least one of a pair or part of a three or five piece mantle garniture at some point in its history. Alone, it is stunning. It is hand painted, but the painting is minimal when compared to other earlier examples, especially from the Meissen factory. This covered urn was created in Germany with colorful scenes during the early 20th Century. The covered lid surmounted by a gilt metal foliate finial, the baluster body with two scrolled gilt metal handles painted with a detailed figural setting in a salon with two couples listening to musical instruments their companions play within gilt ecru encrusted borders. Beautiful. This type of porcelain became collectible in the 1960s and reached the height of the market in the 1990s. Since then, fashions have changed greatly, but this is still a statement piece that endures in wonderful condition. and so prices have fallen quite dramatically especially in a traditional auction. However, this is still an impressive piece, signed indistinctly, on a circular socle atop a square raised plinth base. Marked with the underglaze blue Dresden mark...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Urns

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

French Glazed Pottery Vessel in the Style of Longwy Mounted on a Bronze Base
By Longuy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of cylindrical form and vibrantly painted in turquoise, yellow and maroon with blue and green accents, depicting flowers and vine-forms.  
Category

Early 20th Century French Urns

Pair French Antique Porcelain Rams Head lidded Vases Urns PotPourri Veuve Perrin
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine pair of antique 19th century French handpainted porcelain style pot-pourri urns, Veuve Perrin, Marseilles. The urns were designed to receive fragrant pot pourri, each lid is surmounted with a gilded acorn shape finial and having pierced decoration to allow the fragrant aromas to diffuse. The body of each urn is very finely handpainted with two bucolic/farming scenes and on the other side figural subjects in a pastoral setting. Above the handpainted panels...
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Early 19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

English Porcelain Covered Vase, Derby Crown, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
The lobed body delicately enameled with roses and berries, the shoulder and rim molded with gilt florets on a yellow ground, the cover similarly decorated.
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1890s English Antique Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Monumental Lidded Amphora Style Ceramic Vessel, Custom for Steve Chase
Located in New York, NY
Truly monumental Amphora style ceramic vessel with a separate lid. This piece is from an Indian Wells estate completely styled by Steve Chase and was custom ordered for Mr. Chase. I...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Bronze Vase on Tripod Base, Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine Japanese bronze ikebana vase decorated with a landscape of trees and mountains, a house with tiled roof in the foreground. A heavy ...
Category

Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Urns

Materials

Bronze

Antique and Vintage Urns for Sale

Decorative vases and antique and vintage urns are statement objects for the home that can date back centuries. Ranging from pieces with intricate, hand-painted details to more minimal forms with abstract shapes, decorative vases and urns come in a range of styles and sizes.

An urn is a type of vase that typically has a cover, a narrow neck and a round body, sometimes with a footed pedestal. However, when a vessel is called an urn, this often denotes its purpose rather than its origin or shape. One of the urn’s most crucial roles was and remains to be to hold the ashes of people for funerary rites. Another type of urn is adorned with figures that tell a story or show a scene.

Some of the earliest vases were formed from clay or metal-like bronze. Mesopotamians used them not only for decoration but also for storage. In ancient Greece, vases and urns frequently depicted stories from mythology, showing images of the gods and heroes. In ancient Egypt, vases such as the amphora had ceremonial purposes.

Over time, vases grew in popularity among artists as a different kind of canvas for expression. Unlike many of the ancient examples, these vases were not always functional but instead made for a striking addition to one’s decor. Even a plain, solid-colored vase can add color or style to a room. Metal urns are elegant additions to your living room or foyer rather than outside, unless you’re partial to the alluring weathered patina that is expected to characterize an antique cast-iron garden urn.

Every interior designer will tell you that decorative objects are what make a house a home. Decorative objects trumpet the homeowner’s personality while bringing a room to life. For designers, they present an opportunity to express their creative vision.

When looking for a decorative vase, it’s important to note the design and also the size and shape. Decorative vases vary from those with a wide base to those with long slender necks. Browse decorative vases and an extensive ceramic urn collection on 1stDibs.

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