vase

Circa 1943
Made from desert wood at Topaz Internment Camp (probably Juniper).  The artist recalls:  "in the wood pile there were beautiful pieces of dead wood.  Papa [Chirua Obata]...
c. 1970

Raku fired stoneware vase. Vase has a round bottom and a larger oval top. Glaze

circa 1935
1900-1920

Small ceramic vase in the Arts and Crafts style. The vase has incised drawing with color applied to the fields. The decoration is a bird perched on a branch with a field of reeds at the base. It...

1900-1930

Ceramic vase in the Arts and Crafts style, glazed in green, with two angled arms on the sides of the mouth. It has two bands with decorations in reveal. No markings on the base.

Ceramic vase, stright sides with a receding opening. It is decorated with a grey brown color in a wash like drips from the top. It has a stamped seal on the base which reads FUL?ER.

1900-1930

Ceramic vase in the Arts and Crafts style. It is decorated in registers, with a black band at the bottom. The band on the shoulder is richly decorated with circles and florals in different colors...

2 Parian Vases

China Vase. Grape design, tendril broken, white Parian ware

Vase. pink luster, 2 handles. Floral & fruit designs.

Silver Tall vase. Description: Silver Tall vase with applied red clover leaves & blossoms on rim and base, engraved "pp" with clover interwined, Shreve & Company. Further description:...

c. 1910-1930

Glass vase. This type of tall vase would have nicely accomodated long-stem roses. It is clear glass. The pattern work is divided into four sections. Three groups of cut stars are separtated by...

c. 1920s

Vase used on dining room table at the Hotel Oakland. The vase is white china with a gold trim around the lip and a shield with "Hotel Oakland" printed in the center.

Exactly the same as...

c. 1920s

Vase used on dining room table at the Hotel Oakland. The vase is white china with a gold trim around the lip and a shield with "Hotel Oakland" printed in the center.

1985

This woven bamboo vase was purchased in Kyoto or Nara Japan in 1985 when it was new. It is signed. Woven exterior (A) comes with solid bamboo inset (B).

c. 1920

Dirk van Erp hammered copper vase. It has a high shoulder and a rolled lip. The bottom is stamped with the Dirk van Erp windmill logo with his name and San Francisco. Brass join seam is visible...

c. 1925

Copper vase, with slightly rolled rim at neck, shoulder buldge is large, tapers at the foot. Stamped on the bottom with windmill logo of Dirk Van Erp, and the name "Dirk Van Erp." Side seam is...

1994

This is a short cylindrical turned vase made from London plane wood (lacewood). The vase rests on a footed base and has a small opening with a short vertical lip.

1988

This is a turned vase made from cocobolo wood. The vase has a cylindrical body on a small footed base. The vase tapers sharply inward about two-thirds up the side into a vertical collar with a...

1987

This is a flat turned vase made from potumuto wood with a glossy finish.

1999

This is a turned and carved vase made from African Sumac. The overall shape is spherical with a small foot base and short neck at top. The vase is decorated with vertical pierced woven bands...

1979

This is a turned burl wood vase. The sides of the vase flair outward slightly to the shoulder and then turn sharply inward to a narrow neck. A disc-shaped lip surrounds the opening at top....

late 20th century

This is a low bowl made of turned maple and padouk. The majority of the bowl is made with cream colored wood and sits on a short footed base. A band of dark wood is inlaid around the outer lip...

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