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"Captivating Vases

Background imageVases Collection: Arab Girl Dancing

Arab Girl Dancing
A Middle Eastern Belly Dancer dancing with a veil to musical accompaniment

Background imageVases Collection: Portland vase in the British Museum

Portland vase in the British Museum. Cameo vase in blue and white glass with historical or mythological figures. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases

Background imageVases Collection: Driffield Union workhouse, East Yorkshire

Driffield Union workhouse, East Yorkshire
The entrance to the union workhouse (or Poor Law Institution) on Bridlington Road, Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Two inmates can be seen on the left, sitting on a bench

Background imageVases Collection: Modern pottery and flower

Modern pottery and flower
Miho Art Studio

Background imageVases Collection: Exotic Oriental Vase Dance

Exotic Oriental Vase Dance - postcard reproduction of a painting by Fabio Fabbi (1861-1946). Date: 1906

Background imageVases Collection: Buy Flowers for Yourself

Buy Flowers for Yourself
Athene Fritsch

Background imageVases Collection: All went well till the wheels came off

All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Background imageVases Collection: Pierrepont House, Nottingham, c. 1708-13 (oil on canvas)

Pierrepont House, Nottingham, c. 1708-13 (oil on canvas)
XYC137363 Pierrepont House, Nottingham, c.1708-13 (oil on canvas) by English School, (18th century); 91.9x121.9 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Background imageVases Collection: Design for a Music Room with panels by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1865-1933

Design for a Music Room with panels by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1865-1933
STC110565 Design for a Music Room with panels by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1865-1933) 1901 (colour litho) by Mackintosh

Background imageVases Collection: Still Life With Watermelon and Fruit

Still Life With Watermelon and Fruit
UstinaGreen

Background imageVases Collection: Still life with Hat and Strawberry

Still life with Hat and Strawberry
UstinaGreen

Background imageVases Collection: Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee by George Studdy

Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee by George Studdy
Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee on finding her ancestors -- they can be seen as monsters on Chinese vases and plates. Date: 1924

Background imageVases Collection: Front cover of the Sketch Book, 1925, by E H Shepherd

Front cover of the Sketch Book, 1925, by E H Shepherd
Front cover of the Summer Sketch Book of 1925, featuring an illustration of a young woman in a diaphanous green dress stepping gracefully down between two urns of flowers

Background imageVases Collection: Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora jar Archaic

Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora jar Archaic
Artokoloro

Background imageVases Collection: Ancient Italian Anphora

Ancient Italian Anphora
An Amphora of Cervetri representing a sacrifice. Cervetri is an ancient stronghold of Etruvia

Background imageVases Collection: Mrs. James Guthrie [Possible monogrammed signature lower right on top of chair leg]

Mrs. James Guthrie [Possible monogrammed signature lower right on top of chair leg], Frederic Leighton, 1830-1896, British

Background imageVases Collection: Ancient Greek pottery, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Ancient Greek pottery, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Ancient Greek pottery, (1898). Figs 1-9: Forms of Greek vases. Fig 1: Amphora, vessel for oil, wine etc. Fig 2: Hydria, vessel for carrying water. Fig 3: Urn, a cinerary vessel

Background imageVases Collection: Ceramic vase with red figures from the site of Ampurias. 5th century BC (ceramic)

Ceramic vase with red figures from the site of Ampurias. 5th century BC (ceramic)
AIS5365139 Ceramic vase with red figures from the site of Ampurias. 5th century BC (ceramic); (add.info.: Archaeological Museum of Barcelona, Spain.); © Iberfoto.

Background imageVases Collection: Bretonnes, c. 1895 (plaster vase)

Bretonnes, c. 1895 (plaster vase)
8890346 Bretonnes, c. 1895 (plaster vase) by Serusier, Paul (1864-1927); Height: 27 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: by Paul Serusier); Photo © Christie's Images.

Background imageVases Collection: Vase of vitrified ceramic, 7th-10th century (ceramic)

Vase of vitrified ceramic, 7th-10th century (ceramic)
AIS5337327 Vase of vitrified ceramic, 7th-10th century (ceramic); Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA; (add.info.: Vase of ceramic vitrifies. 7th-10th century. Kansas City)

Background imageVases Collection: The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Right side detail. Red and white figure crater

The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Right side detail. Red and white figure crater
BEN5473796 The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Right side detail. Red and white figure crater. Greek ceramic decorated by the painter from Talos (Inv.1501), 400-390 BC. Height: 75 cm

Background imageVases Collection: Red jasper vase, 13th-14th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 567

Red jasper vase, 13th-14th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 567
BEN5474826 Red jasper vase, 13th-14th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 567; Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Background imageVases Collection: Sardonyx vase. 3rd-4th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 566

Sardonyx vase. 3rd-4th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 566
BEN5474825 Sardonyx vase. 3rd-4th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 566; Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Background imageVases Collection: Greek ceramic with red figure: Apulian bell-shaped crater. Detail of the characters in front

Greek ceramic with red figure: Apulian bell-shaped crater. Detail of the characters in front
BEN5473647 Greek ceramic with red figure: Apulian bell-shaped crater. Detail of the characters in front. Made by the painter from Dijon. Bari, Archeologico

Background imageVases Collection: Velvet, from the Matheun et Bouvard Factory, Lyons, 1868 (silk, velvet, cut and solid pile)

Velvet, from the Matheun et Bouvard Factory, Lyons, 1868 (silk, velvet, cut and solid pile)
BOO74318 Velvet, from the Matheun et Bouvard Factory, Lyons, 1868 (silk, velvet, cut and solid pile); 150x74 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Background imageVases Collection: Industrial Arts of the Ancients, Pottery (engraving)

Industrial Arts of the Ancients, Pottery (engraving)
8644791 Industrial Arts of the Ancients, Pottery (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Industrial Arts of the Ancients, Pottery)

Background imageVases Collection: Twig, Type, Vane, Vase, Vest, Vise, Vine, Wade, Walk, Wall, Wash, Wash (engraving)

Twig, Type, Vane, Vase, Vest, Vise, Vine, Wade, Walk, Wall, Wash, Wash (engraving)
8650007 Twig, Type, Vane, Vase, Vest, Vise, Vine, Wade, Walk, Wall, Wash, Wash (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Twig, Type, Vane, Vase, Vest)

Background imageVases Collection: Ornament: Vases, The Bottle (engraving)

Ornament: Vases, The Bottle (engraving)
8651138 Ornament: Vases, The Bottle (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vases, The Bottle)

Background imageVases Collection: Ornament: Vases, The Cup, and the Beaker (engraving)

Ornament: Vases, The Cup, and the Beaker (engraving)
8647148 Ornament: Vases, The Cup, and the Beaker (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vases, The Cup, and the Beaker)

Background imageVases Collection: Ornament: Vases, The Urn (engraving)

Ornament: Vases, The Urn (engraving)
8647141 Ornament: Vases, The Urn (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vases, The Urn)

Background imageVases Collection: Ornament: Vases, The Hanap (engraving)

Ornament: Vases, The Hanap (engraving)
8647149 Ornament: Vases, The Hanap (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vases, The Hanap)

Background imageVases Collection: Ornament: Vases, The Spoon, and the Ladle (engraving)

Ornament: Vases, The Spoon, and the Ladle (engraving)
8647145 Ornament: Vases, The Spoon, and the Ladle (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vases, The Spoon, and the Ladle)

Background imageVases Collection: At the Spring of Vesta (litho)

At the Spring of Vesta (litho)
8663763 At the Spring of Vesta (litho) by Forti, Ettore (1850-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: At the Spring of Vesta)

Background imageVases Collection: Distribution of Holy water in France (chromolitho)

Distribution of Holy water in France (chromolitho)
8664042 Distribution of Holy water in France (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Distribution of Holy water in France)

Background imageVases Collection: 100 old time Bible words (litho)

100 old time Bible words (litho)
8673197 100 old time Bible words (litho) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 100 old time Bible words)

Background imageVases Collection: Silver vase presented to Captain T E Rogers, former Superintendent of the Bengal Marine (engraving)

Silver vase presented to Captain T E Rogers, former Superintendent of the Bengal Marine (engraving)
8676790 Silver vase presented to Captain T E Rogers, former Superintendent of the Bengal Marine (engraving) by English School

Background imageVases Collection: Curiosities brought from China (engraving)

Curiosities brought from China (engraving)
8677127 Curiosities brought from China (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Curiosities brought from China)

Background imageVases Collection: Vases decorated with mythical scenes from C.H. Tatham's collection

Vases decorated with mythical scenes from C.H. Tatham's collection. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A
FLO4679482 Vases decorated with mythical scenes from C.H. Tatham's collection. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc., London

Background imageVases Collection: Letters S, T and U: Bucket, Top and Urn, c.1920 (print)

Letters S, T and U: Bucket, Top and Urn, c.1920 (print)
DUV4206024 Letters S, T and U: Bucket, Top and Urn, c.1920 (print); 15.5x24.5 cm; (add.info.: image from "The alphabet of Mimi" Illustrations by J. M. Porta)

Background imageVases Collection: Red jasper vase, 13th-14th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 566 A

Red jasper vase, 13th-14th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 566 A
BEN5474819 Red jasper vase, 13th-14th century. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti. 566 A; Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Background imageVases Collection: The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Left side detail. Red and white figure crater

The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Left side detail. Red and white figure crater
BEN5473797 The death of Talos (Greek mythology giant). Left side detail. Red and white figure crater. Greek ceramic decorated by the painter from Talos (Inv.1501), 400-390 BC. Height: 75 cm

Background imageVases Collection: Vase with lid, decorated with the portrait in relief of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)

Vase with lid, decorated with the portrait in relief of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), 19th century (ceramic)
MMM5471408 Vase with lid, decorated with the portrait in relief of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), 19th century (ceramic); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Vase with lid)

Background imageVases Collection: Greek ceramic: Nike (personification of Victory). Lekame adorned by the painter from Lipari

Greek ceramic: Nike (personification of Victory). Lekame adorned by the painter from Lipari, 4th BC. Size: 21.5 cm
BEN5472464 Greek ceramic: Nike (personification of Victory). Lekame adorned by the painter from Lipari, 4th BC. Size: 21.5 cm. Museo Eoliano, Lipari.; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Background imageVases Collection: Greek ceramic: Nike (personification of Victory). View from below

Greek ceramic: Nike (personification of Victory). View from below. Lekame adorned by the painter from Lipari, 4th BC
BEN5472428 Greek ceramic: Nike (personification of Victory). View from below. Lekame adorned by the painter from Lipari, 4th BC. Size: 21.5 cm. Museo Eoliano, Lipari.; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Background imageVases Collection: Ornaments from embroidered and woven fabrics, paintings on vases

Ornaments from embroidered and woven fabrics, paintings on vases, exhibited at the Indian Collection, 1851
FLO4987829 Ornaments from embroidered and woven fabrics, paintings on vases, exhibited at the Indian Collection, 1851. Chromolithograph by Francis Bedford from Owen Jones' The Grammar of

Background imageVases Collection: Interior with a big blue pot, 1912 (painting)

Interior with a big blue pot, 1912 (painting)
8701486 Interior with a big blue pot, 1912 (painting) by Astrup, Nikolai (1880-1928); 79x100 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928)); Photo © O. Vaering.

Background imageVases Collection: A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho)

A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho)
8673176 A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures)

Background imageVases Collection: Greek Horsemen throwing the Javelin (litho)

Greek Horsemen throwing the Javelin (litho)
8660782 Greek Horsemen throwing the Javelin (litho) by Mosley, Leslie (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek Horsemen throwing the Javelin)



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"Captivating Vases: Unveiling the Artistic Beauty and Cultural Significance" From an Arab girl gracefully dancing with a vibrant vase in hand to the historic Driffield Union workhouse in East Yorkshire displaying delicate ceramic vases, these vessels have long been cherished for their aesthetic appeal and cultural significance. One cannot overlook the iconic Portland vase housed within the British Museum, showcasing intricate craftsmanship that has captivated art enthusiasts for centuries. Similarly, the Exotic Oriental Vase Dance transports us to a world of enchantment where movement intertwines with exquisite porcelain. In Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee by George Studdy, we witness a heartwarming celebration where vases symbolize joy and accomplishment. Meanwhile, Pierrepont House in Nottingham takes us back to 1708-13 through an oil painting that showcases opulent vases as symbols of wealth and status. The Sketch Book's front cover from 1925 by E H Shepherd invites us into a whimsical realm where imagination runs wild amidst charming vases. Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh's design for a Music Room further emphasizes how they are enhance interior spaces with their ornate panels. Still Life With Watermelon and Fruit captures nature's bounty displayed elegantly within carefully chosen vases while Still life with Hat and Strawberry entices our senses with its delightful arrangement. However, not all tales end on a perfect note; "All went well till the wheels came off" reminds us that even fragile they can subject to mishaps. Lastly, let us not forget ancient Italian Amphora - timeless vessels that transport us back to classical times when they were used for storing precious liquids or grains. These amphorae serve as reminders of our rich historical heritage. Whether admired for their artistic allure or appreciated as artifacts steeped in history, these diverse hints remind us of the enduring beauty found within each vase – objects capable of capturing emotions, preserving stories, and enriching our lives.