California - Vases and Vessels

Hand-blown glass Murano vase.

This striking terracotta vessel presents a remarkable blend of rustic charm and sculptural artistry, making it a distinctive piece for collectors and admirers of primitive pottery. R...

wonderfully sculptural bisque porcelain vase "Artichoke" by Heinrich Fuchs for Hutschenreuther, released between 1968 and 1970 with matte exterior and gloss interior, marked

Black Metallic Tapered Planter Art Pottery Vase in the style of Marcello Fantoni Italy Gainey and Architectural Pottery 12 h x 14.25 diameter Preowned Original vintage condition refe...

A handmade jug for coffee or punch This Striped Handmade Ceramic Jug is the perfect statement piece for any kitchen or dining room. Crafted with traditional and contemporary techniques, it is handmade from black and white striped ceramic with a whimsical rustic look. The jug is ideal for holding coffee, punch, or any other beverage and is designed for both functional and decorative display. Minor variations and irregularities may be present, as every piece is made by hand. Photographs are as accurate as possible, but colors may vary slightly from one screen...

Impactful piece of glass that brings lines and design to your décor. This postmodern piece consists of two pieces: Blown glass in a purple hue is conjoined and shaped into a V shaped...

Sawdust Fired Pottery by Chris Spanovich, New Mexico. This is a delicate piece of art, with neutral colors that as beautiful as the land where it was m...

Original Mid-century California ceramic pink Calla Lilly ceramic vase, pair. The set features two beautifully pink horned shaped bud vases fashioned after the Calla Lilly. Each comes...

These bottles are most unusual for blue and white sponge ware pottery. They are also both signed made in Belgium. They are in pristine condition....

This designer on-trend architectural rectangular concrete planter is by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit, crafted circa 1968 Switzer...

Inspired by the natural beauty of the desert, this Murano glass vase captures the essence of elegance and simplicity. The matte olive finish and ribbed texture playfully display the ...

The artistry and design of this piece are truly stunning. Featuring a clear glass body with intricate texturing, highlighted by delicate gold overlay bands around the top and bottom,...

Vase from the Kosta Royal Art Collection designed by Goran Warff. This vase has very thick walls, a large internal bubble in the bottom and an acid treated exterior. All this creates...

Beautiful hand-turned polychrome Mata Ortiz ant motif vase / seed jar by Yoly Ledezma, circa 1990s. The exquisite piece has wonderful design and color and is ...

Pair of Handcrafted Moroccan Ceramic Vases with Moorish Calligraphy, Fez – Statement Décor An impressive pair of Moroccan ceramic vases from Fez, hand-crafted with a deep chocolate b...

MCM artistic sculptural pottery vase mottled speckled design 10.25 tall x 5.5 diameter Signed, unable to read. Preowned good vintage condition. Refer to images.  

Large Moroccan glazed royal blue ceramic urn with lid from Fez. Vintage Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy w...

Middle Eastern Turkish copper vase, urn with traditional Islamic Moorish embossed design. Handmade Islamic Moorish style engraved solid copper metal wa...

A unique resin vase for flowers, plants, or just as decor This resin vase comes in two variations: one is all black resin, and one is made from a mix of black and clear resin that b...

This hand-thrown terracotta pignata pot with half glaze, originating from Cutrofiano-Lucugnano, Puglia, in the early to mid-1900s, exemplifies the essence of "ceramica rustica." Reno...

1970s Midcentury Modern Speckled Glazed Weed Pot Signed Initials appear as V S 5 h x 3 diameter Original vintage condition. Refer to images.

Elegant handcrafted ceramic vase with a rounded body and narrow neck, finished in a rich turquoise blue glaze with subtle crackle detailing. The glossy surface and deep color give it...

Pair of Chinese, hand-painted porcelain vases featuring figures in nature, with a crackle glaze and branch formed handles with raised flowers

This striking modernist vase features a sleek, asymmetrical design with smooth, reflective silver-plated surfaces. Its curved, organic form captures and distorts surrounding light an...

Instant collection of 20 George Sakier vases for the Fostoria Glass Company. They range from 4.5" to 13.75" high. Various colors in collection.

AMBIANIC presents Modernist Studio Art Pottery Blue Vase  Stamped BAR 5 diameter x 5 h Preowned vintage Refer to images

Cased glass bird vase designed by Ove Sandeberg for Kosta. There are acid etched birds around the vase both on the inside and outside. The inside birds...

A wonderful Silver cup with a brass band detail on a marble or granite base. The cup, while perfectly suited for a small gathering of flowers or to store pencils on a desk, is actually a small trophy. While it isn't prominent, a small brass icon...

Studio ceramic octagonal shaped bowl and lid with a slightly twisted handle. The piece is incised with small irregular pattern and is finished in a red rusted colored glaze. Dimensi...

A Portuguese Mergulhao Hand Chased Silver Swan Ash Tray Salt Cellar Catch All with great detailing in the feathers and rear plumes. The piece can be purely decorative and adorn any ...

Pair of mid 20th century Chinese cloisonné over ceramic vases. This fun and whimsical pair depicts carp fish in a water scene with possible lotus leaf or lily pad and other water cre...

Eight glass bottles made in Sweden by Arthur Percy in green, blue, amber. Sizes range from 5.25" to 11.75" high. Four of the glass bottles have labels.  

A monumental ovoid shaped studio pottery vessel, signed on the bottom "Hammer". The vessel is sculpted to create an oculus on either side with an outward edge opening and becomes m...

A very beautifully made and sculpted wood-turned weed pot vase by famed American/California (Mendocino, CA) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. The organic wood grain and shifting colors ar...

Very nice and large glass vase for a very well known glass blower artist.

Royal blue opaque enameled Bohemian glass hookah base, or vase. Bohemian glass hookah base with overlay enameled in yellow, amber, green, red, and white with additional gilt. The elegant bell shape bowl huqqa’s base...

1997 Modern Blue and Green Fish Pottery Vase 8.75 H x 4.5 diameter Hand painted colorful fish design. Signed at bottom. M M 97 Preowned vintage ...

The last piece of our Antique Vinegar Jar collection. A beautiful antique Chinese vinegar jar, hand crafted and glazed. This 19th-century piece sho...

Japanese Taisho Era basket weave vase. Signed. Very heavy and substantial solid bronze casting. Fine original patina and condition. Measures 10.13 in...

Beautiful, colorful collection of 12 satin pencil neck shape vases designed by Il maestro Carlo Moretti. Assorted sizes from 10 to 18 inches high.

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...

Introducing an exquisite work of art, this hand-crafted Murano glass piece showcases the unparalleled craftsmanship and innovation of our artisans. Each facet of this polygonal creat...

A unique vase - from shape to having legs and the special Medallions surrounding the piece. The Medallions are the front and back of Coins - an interesting scallop top with four cur...

A beautifully rendered early 20th-century Chinese porcelain vase executed in the Qianlong style, featuring finely painted famille-rose decoration and elaborate applied ornamental ele...

Absolutely stunning Japanese ceramic studio glazed vase with original box. Dreamy purple lavender glaze with hints of greens. Expertly crafted, unknown artist. Fully signed on box an...

We're honored to be partnering with renown Mexican designer Raul Cerda! Founded in 2013, Studio Cerda is a creative studio dedicated to Industrial Design, architecture and interio...

The Hand-Blown Murano Modern Tall Faceted Vase in Amethyst embodies a captivating fusion of artistry and precision. This one-of-a-kind masterpiece, crafted in Murano, Italy, showcase...

Bring modern art influences, captured in contemporary style, with this very artistic hand made and mouth blown in Italy, multi-colored abstract ovoid shaped vase. It features a gentl...

19th Century Pair Black Painted Tole Jardiniere Urn Cachepot Antique Los Angeles. A beautiful pair of tole jardiniere Empire period 19th century Measures: Height 12" . Decorative bib...

The "Vase Rose" by R&Y Augousti is a stunning creation that embodies contemporary luxury through its masterful combination of exquisite materials. Handcrafted from rich shagreen, bro...

Rare 19th C spongeware tooth brush holder/dish. Toothbrush holder - 3.5 x 5 Dish- 5 x 1.5.

This briolette vase is a stunning example of contemporary glass art, seamlessly blending modern aesthetics with timeless elegance. Crafted by skilled artisans, this vase features a u...

This distinctive mid-century studio pottery vase presents a remarkable fusion of form, texture, and artistry. Its bold sculptural design immediately captures attention with a surface...

1970s Robert Maxwell & David Cressey 'Teardrop Sunburst' Pot for Earthgender Studio executed in hand etched, glazed and textured earthenware. A very clean example from the short-liv...

A pair of large hour glass shaped glass jars with Ball finial cork tops. A perfect companion to flank a large shelf or decorative wall in a utilitaria...

Lovely pair of white and gold Hollywood Regency style ceramic umbrella stand and jardiniere made by Alcobaca Portugal. Raised gold flowers, vines and leaves add depth and interest. ...

Beautiful mid-20th century Italian Murano Venetian hand blown art glass large bowl. Fabulous large heavy glass bowl in bright colors with red whi...

Vintage Murano Glass Style Genuine Hand Blown Decorated with Bright Multi-Colorful Art Glass Vase by Glasswerk's, the Artist: Hanna H, made in Poland, ***Picture shows Original Lab...

Set of six brass lotus flowers attributed to Feldman. Ceramic pot is not included. Flowers range from 19”-21” high. Lotus leaves are 6” diameter.

Brass Middle Eastern Syrian bowl finely hand-etched with Arabic calligraphy writing inscriptions. Engraved and hand-chased Arabic Islamic calligraphy and geometric arabesque and flor...