Minimalist Vases

Ceramic vase by ceramicist Bruno Gambone, (circa 1980s). This elegant narrow-opening bottle-shaped vase is highly collectible by those who follow the works of art created by the incomparable Bruno Gambone. A long, elegant neck in a lustrous black glaze is punctuated only by an azure blue in the middle which seems to drip down its side to the body of the piece. The black finishes abruptly and is replaced with a light chocolate brown to the base. Gambone ceramics...

Malevich Vase — part of the Suprematic Collection by NOOM — is a tribute to the visionary genius of Kazimir Malevich and the bold geometry of the Suprematist movement. This early 20t...

Malevich Vase — part of the Suprematic Collection by NOOM — is a tribute to the visionary genius of Kazimir Malevich and the bold geometry of the Suprematist movement. This early 20t...

Large Vintage German Vase by Cuno Fischer for Rosenthal, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark, Additional information: Materials:...

Green Earth - Vintage studio pottery vase - elegant and minimalist design - featuring an asymmetrical mouth with glazed accent rim - over-a...

Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999. Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide. There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail. If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back. They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy. Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says. His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says. In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest. “Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making. Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...

This sophisticated studio pottery vase by Montes Doggett is a masterful example of contemporary artisanal design. Handcrafted in Peru, the piece features a tactile, horizontal ribbed...

Antique vessel with old repairs. Great patina!

'Lilies’ handmade white ceramic vase. This vase is part of a new series inspired by flowers (and more generally organic elements). Here is ou...

Pair of contemporary ceramic sculptural vessels, minimalist design 1970. This refined pair of ceramic objects embodies a quiet and sophisticated sculptural language, where form, bal...

Bamboo Shaven Vase Raspberry Peking Glass Hand Carved Hand Blown Glass Limited Edition Contemporary Peking glass refers to the high-quality glass art produced by the imperial and co...

The Sarah vase, an original design offered exclusively by Vermontica, is a contemporary Minimalist patinated steel vase designed and produced in Vermont by Scott Gordon. The vase mea...

‘Lune [M] - Dots' Ceramic vase This vase is part of a new series inspired by iconic Art (and more precisely paintings) movements. Here is our LUNE [M] model with motifs based on a...

Genke Vase — part of the Suprematic Collection by NOOM, designed by Kateryna Sokolova, embodies the brand’s signature fusion of contemporary, bold, sculptural design with functional ...

Yermilov vase, one of the vases from the "Suprematic" collection. Collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist mo...

Baluster Vase w/ Rim Red Lacquer Copper Rim Hand Repousse Lacquered Metal Limited Edition Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang dynasty, circa 1600-1100 B.C. These pi...

Gutta Sculptural Glass Vases by NOOM — designed by co-founder and chief designer Kateryna Sokolova — are a contemporary, bold, and minimalist tribute to the ancient glassblowing tech...

This listing features a large vase made from Murano glass with an orange yellow body and delicate cream white dots all over, which closely resemble a strawberry. Murano glass dates...

An original design by Scott Gordon and sold exclusively through Vermontica, the pressed vase is made from cast steel. Shown here in a blackened steel finish. Overall dimension: 4.25"...

A large minimalist two tone brass and bronze vase / candle holder signed by Michael Aram, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with a nice patina and measures 11....

The pressed vase, an original design by Scott Gordon and sold exclusively through Vermontica, is made from cast steel with a blackened finish. Measure: It is 8 1/2" tall, 2" wide at ...

‘Lune [M] - circles black N°1' ceramic vase This vase is part of a new series inspired by iconic Art (and more precisely paintings) movements. Here is our LUNE [M] model with moti...

Gutta Sculptural Glass Vases by NOOM — designed by co-founder and chief designer Kateryna Sokolova — are a contemporary, bold, and minimalist tribute to the ancient glassblowing tech...

Gutta Sculptural Glass Vases by NOOM — designed by co-founder and chief designer Kateryna Sokolova — are a contemporary, bold, and minimalist tribute to the ancient glassblowing tech...

Urn Shape Vase Bai Jade Peking Glass Hand Blown Glass Hand Carved Peking glass refers to the high-quality glass art produced by the imperial and Commercial workshops in Beijing during the Ching Dynasty, China 1644-1911. Since then, ‘Peking Glass’ has become synonymous with the Chinese technique of glassmaking. Robert Kuo glass...

Mid-Century Minimalist WGP West German Pottery Carafe Vase from Marschner Kunsttöpferei, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark. Ad...

Postmodern Minimalist Ceramic Vase from Asa Selection, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: C...

Postmodern Minimalist Ceramic Diamond Shape Vase from Asa Selection, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information...

Postmodern Minimalist Ceramic Crescent Vase from Asa Selection, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Mat...

Vintage West German Pottery WGP Minimalist Vase from Scheurich, 1970s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Mat...

Vintage West German Pottery WGP Minimalist Vase from Scheurich, 1970s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, designe...

Wormser Samian, dimensions: H: 20 / 23.5 cm. This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Color: Brown Styles: Minimalist Period: 1970s Country of ...

German Minimalist Vase from Dümler & Breiden, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional i...

Mid-Century German Minimalist Studio Pottery Vase by Siegfried Gramann for Töpferhof Römhild, 1960s This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Co...

Mid-Century Minimalist Vase, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969. Additional information: Materials: Ceramic Color: Blue Styles: Mid-Century Modern, Minimalist Ite...

Ekster Vase — part of the Suprematic Collection by NOOM — is a sculptural tribute to the genius of Kazimir Malevich and the pure geometric vision of the Suprematist movement. Born in...

Delaunay vase, one of the vases from the "Suprematic" collection. The collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist...

Genke vase, one of the vases from the "Suprematic" collection. The collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist m...

Modernist Minimalist white glass flower vase with clear glass base with some bubbles. This Minimalist white vase very modern shape will fit any de...

Malevich Vase — part of the Suprematic Collection by NOOM — is a tribute to the visionary genius of Kazimir Malevich and the bold geometry of the Suprematist movement. This early 20t...

Delaunay and Gabo vases from the "Suprematic" collection. The collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist movemen...

Delaunay vase, one of the vases from the "Suprematic" collection. The collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist...

Gabo vase, one of the vases from the "Suprematic" collection. Collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist moveme...

Gabo vase, one of the vases from the "Suprematic" collection. Collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist moveme...

Anchor your decor with the brooding elegance and artisanal mastery of this substantial vintage studio pottery vase. Standing sixteen inches tall, the vessel features a classic balust...

Amphora - white Measures: H: 25 cm / L: 19 cm H: 10 inch. / L: 7.5 inch. - Stoneware fired at high temperature finished with transparent glossy glaze inside. - Raw exterior...

We are thrilled to to share with you the first addition to INI CERAMIQUE’s 2024 collection. Inspired by the works of the painting artist Giorgio Morandi...

We are thrilled to to share with you the first addition to INI CERAMIQUE’s 2024 collection. Inspired by the works of the painting artist Giorgio Morandi, our designer has been reinte...

YURI ZATARAIN, Ceramic Vase, circa 1990, Mexico, comes with white marble base 6" x 6" x 2" h Crafted in the 1990s in Mexico, this exquisite vase is a remarkable piece from the early...

‘LUNE [M] N°1 - White ceramic vase. Measures' H: 23 cm / L: 26 cm H: 9 inch / L: 10.2 inch - Stoneware fired at high temperature finished with transparent glossy glaze inside....

Introduce a soft, romantic hue to your stoneware collection with this lovely vintage studio pottery vase. Hand-thrown from substantial clay, the vessel features a classic urn-shaped ...

This elegant and fine vase has Italian design and it is totally made in Italy. The base is black lacquered.   

'Sculptural Flowers - Dal' handmade white ceramic vase This vase is part of a new series inspired by flowers (and more generally organic elem...

This elegant and fine vase has Italian design and it is totally made in Italy. That base is black lacquered.

A part of a captivating triptych blending ancient Greek pottery with contemporary design, the ‘Greek Pitcher’ vase showcases delicate blue underglaze illustrations that harmonize tra...

‘Flowers Pattern’ Handmade White Ceramic Vase This vase is part of a new series inspired by iconic Art (and more precisely paintings) movements. Here is our Lune [M] model with moti...

‘Dal Negative Big Circles Black’ Ceramic Vase This vase is part of a new series inspired by iconic Art (and more precisely paintings) movements. Here is our DAL model with motifs ...

Coil-built ceramic stool with black coppered glaze. Marked with an engraved bronze label to underside: Jonathan Nesci w/ Robert Pulley 18/16. Designe...

This monumental floor vase is a breathtaking masterclass in Postmodern design, featuring an intricate tessellated stone construction that echoes the high-end artistry of the 1980s. E...

The Baton collection started with a simple feature: a handle. The single line becomes a gesture that is the common thread between a family of pieces that range from a candleholder to...