vase

[French, from Latin vās, vessel.]

1. Hollow vessel, unlidded, of decorative character and various forms, with or without handles.

2. Representation of this for architectural ornament, often in gardens, in niches, on pedestals, etc., but distinct from an urn, commonly found in Neo-Classical designs. Vases were promoted as architectural ornaments by Enea Vico (1523–67) in a series of publications, collected in 1543, Matthias Darly (fl. 1741–80) in The Ornamental Architect (1770), d'Hancarville (P. F. Hugues (1729–1805)) in Antiquités Étrusques, Grecques, et Romaines (1766–7), Piranesi in Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi (1778), Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751–1829) in Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases (1791–3), and many other authors.

3. Bell or core of the Corinthian capital.

Bibliography

• Jervis (1984)
• Lewis & Darley (1986)

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A cracked or broken vase suggests a crack in the dreamer's life-a broken relationship; a weakening outlook; and, possible sorrows ahead.

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A Chinese carved lacquer vase from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, 15th century

The vase (pronounced /ˈvɑːz/, /ˈveɪs/, or /ˈveɪz/) is an open container, often used to hold cut flowers. It can be made from a number of materials including ceramics and glass. The vase is often decorated and thus used to extend the beauty of its contents.

Vases are defined as having a certain anatomy. Lowest is the foot, a distinguishable base to the piece. The design of the base may be bulbous, flat, carinate^[1] or another shape. Next, the body, which forms the main and often largest portion of the piece. Resting atop the body is the shoulder, where the body curves inward. Then the neck, where the vase is given more height. Lastly, the lip, where the vase flares back out at the top. All these attributes can be seen in the pictures at right. Many vases are also given handles, though no examples are shown here. Today, the shapes of vases have evolved from the conventional ones to modern designs and shapes.

The vase has also developed as an art medium unto itself. The ancient Greeks famously used vases to depict scenes. It has since been developed and in 2003 the winner of the Turner Prize was Grayson Perry, for vase art.

See also

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• Corning Museum of Glass
• Urn

References

1. ^ Emmanuel Cooper. 2000. Ten Thousand Years of Pottery, fourth edition, University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 0812235541, 9780812235548, 352 pages

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vase

Nederlands (Dutch)
vaas

Français (French)
n. - vase

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vase

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανθοδοχείο, βάζο, αγγείο

Italiano (Italian)
vaso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vaso (m) para plantas, jarra (f)

Русский (Russian)
амфора, чаша, сосуд

Español (Spanish)
n. - florero, jarrón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vas

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
花瓶, 瓶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 花瓶, 瓶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 꽃병, 항아리, 병 모양의 장식

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 花瓶, 瓶, つぼ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زهريه, اناء للزينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אגרטל, צנצנת-נוי‬

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