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Avase(/veɪs/or/vɑːz/) is an open container. It can be made from a number of materials, such asceramics,glass,non-rustingmetals,such asaluminium,brass,bronze,orstainless steel.Evenwoodhas been used to make vases, either by using tree species that naturally resistrot,such asteak,or by applying a protective coating to conventional wood or plastic. Vases are oftendecorated,and they are often used to holdcut flowers.Vases come in different sizes to support whateverfloweris being held or kept in place.

Neoclassicalvase; circa 1790;jasper;height: 25.4 cm, width: 18.7 cm;Victoria and Albert Museum(London)
TheDavid Vases;1351 (theYuan Dynasty); porcelain, cobalt blue decor under glaze; height: 63.8 cm;British Museum(London)

Vases generally share a similar shape. The foot or the base may be bulbous, flat,carinate,[1]or another shape. The body forms the main portion of the piece. Some vases have a shoulder, where the body curves inward, a neck, which gives height, and a lip, where the vase flares back out at the top. Some vases are also given handles.

Various styles and types of vases have been developed around the world in different time periods, such asChinese ceramicsandNative American pottery.In thepottery of ancient Greece"vase-painting" is the traditional term covering the famous fine painted pottery, often with many figures in scenes fromGreek mythology.Such pieces may be referred to as vases regardless of their shape; most were in fact used for holding or serving liquids, and many would more naturally be called cups, jugs and so on. In 2003,Grayson Perrywon theTurner Prizefor his ceramics, typically in vase form.

History

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There is a long history of the form and function of the vase in nearly all developed cultures, and often ceramic objects are the only artistic evidence left from vanished cultures. In the beginning stages ofpottery,thecoilingmethod of building was the most utilized technique to makepottery.The coiling method is the act of working the clay into long cylindrical strips that later become smooth walls.

Potter's wheel

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Thepotter's wheelwas probably invented inMesopotamiaby the 4th millennium BCE, but spread across nearly all Eurasia and much of Africa, though it remained unknown in theNew Worlduntil the arrival ofEuropeans.[2]The earliest discovery of the origins of the potter's wheel was in southern Iraq. The discovery of this technique was beneficial to the people of south Iraq because it served as a substitute for their previous inefficient traditions. Upon this new technique, it would then grow gradually and even be adopted for the use of decorating pottery.[3]

Garden vase

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Garden vases are usually V-shaped but they can also becylindricalor bowl-shaped. They are usually made ofceramicor, today,plastic.Examples are theTorlonia Vase[4]and theMedici Vasein theUffizi GalleryinFlorence.[5]

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Material types

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Emmanuel Cooper. 2000.Ten Thousand Years of Pottery,fourth edition,University of Pennsylvania Press,ISBN0-8122-3554-1,ISBN978-0-8122-3554-8,352 pages
  2. ^"Moorey, Peter Roger Stuart (1994)".Ancient Mesopotamian Material's and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence. P. 146.
  3. ^Bryant, Victor."The Origins of the Potter's Wheel".Ceramics Today.RetrievedAugust 14,2017.
  4. ^"Museo Torlonia".Inv. 174. Luca Leoncini, "The Torlonia Vase: History and Visual Records from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries", Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 54 (1991:99–116).
  5. ^"Several 17th and 18th-century variants are illustrated in John Goldsmith Phillips"."The Choisy-Ménars Vases" The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, 25.6 (February 1967:242–250).
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