Burial Urns
Ancient Roman Glass Funerary Urn
Located in New Orleans, LA
, more commonly, as funerary urns that would contain the ashes of the deceased. In the early Roman
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Urns
Materials
Glass
Sculptee Red Vessel
Located in Miami, FL
as containers for water and provisions; eternal rest in the secrets of burial urns. These are the
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Flute Contemporaine Estrusque, Orange Vessel
Located in Miami, FL
water and provisions; eternal rest in the secrets of burial urns. These are the libation vases that
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Mixed Media
Jarre Contemporaine Vessel
Located in Miami, FL
water and provisions; eternal rest in the secrets of burial urns. These are the libation vases that
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Mixed Media
Korean Pottery Funerary Urn Unified Silla
Located in Atlanta, GA
period, the practice of cremation burials became popular. As a result, large urns were being used to
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Korean Other Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Reliquary (for Gigi)
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Sleep Aid
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Reliquary (for Winnie)
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
For The Gods
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Major
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Trophy 24
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
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By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
Trophy 14
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
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By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
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By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
with central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
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By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
central shapes that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
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By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
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By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
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By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
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By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of South
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
Rare Pottery Rectangular Brazier with cicadas in Green Glaze, Han Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This pottery brazier, a burial artifact from the Han Dynasty, features quadrilateral sides that
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
No Reserve
H 3.55 in W 9.45 in D 6.3 in
Two Antique Niger Bura Peoples Fired Clay Heads on Stands
Located in Morristown, NJ
burial ground’s density and expanse suggest a veritable city of the departed. Several hundred individual
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Nigerien Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Clay
Manteña Chair of Power Cachique of Prehispanic Ecuador 900 AD
Located in Madrid, ES
compared to burial in urns, more typical of the huancavilcas.
As suggested by McEwan , the chairs with
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Stone
Manteña Chair of Power Cachique of Prehispanic Ecuador 900 AD
Located in Madrid, ES
abundance of figurines and graters or the burial
compared to burial in urns, more typical of the
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Fine 19th Century White Marble Sculpture of “Rebecca at the Well”
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wearing a robe, with one breast semi-exposed, standing next to a well holding a water urn. Probably
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
People Also Browsed
Angelic Cherubs with Classical Figure in Wilderness Finely Painted Preparatory
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure with Cherubim in Wilderness
Italian School, 17th century
oil painting on wood panel
framed 13 x 11 inches
condition: overall for its age very good, though the work is most lik...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
French 19th Century Patinated Bronze Group "The Abduction of the Sabine Women"
By Pierre Loison 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and Monumental French 19th century patinated bronze group Titled "The Abduction of the Sabine Women" after a model by Pierre Loison (French, 1816-1886), depicting a young...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mannerist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 54.75 in W 22 in D 24 in
A Cizhou Yuhuchunping, Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This piece has a flared neck and a globular body, typical of the forms seen in Cizhou ware. The body is decorated with freely drawn floral motifs and abstract patterns, which may inc...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Stoneware
4 NERU TOTEM, by Rebeca Cors
By Rebeca Cors
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
I. ABOUT REBECA CORS
Rebeca Cors (México, 1988).
Her work oscillates between sculpture and utility object, studying the limits and meeting points between these two concepts.
The in...
Category
2010s Mexican Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Female Relief Plaque
By Henri Cros
Located in Chicago, US
HENRI CROS (1840-1907) Female Relief Plaque, polychrome enameled stoneware, c. 1895; signed in black ink verso: “H. Cros”, and a scrap of paper from A.A. Hebrard, Paris attached vers...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Rare Pair Modernist Arm Chairs by Walter von Nessen, Art Deco, circa 1929
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely Rare Pair Modernist Arm Chairs designed by Walter von Nessen , circa 1929. Chairs retain they're original color, finish, patina, In need of restoration, mainly feet ,(venee...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Birch
H 32.75 in W 26 in D 27.5 in
Guglielmo Pugi Art Deco Marble "Snake Charmer", 1910
By Guglielmo Pugi
Located in Milano, IT
Magnificent Early Art Deco white marble female figure of a snake charmer "Charmeuse de Serpent" by Guglielmo Pugi, made circa 1910.
The nude snake charmer kneels on a carved patterne...
Category
Vintage 1910s Italian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble
Set of Six Campbell-Rey Cosima Murano Tumblers
By Campbell-Rey
Located in London, GB
Campbell-Rey launches two new hand blown Murano glassware collections crafted from Pyrex. Named Cosimo and Cosima, the two sibling collections are a continuation of the close relatio...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
"Brama Totem" Ltd. Ed. Blue Glazed and Gold Leaf Sculpture by P. Girardin
By Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brama Totem" is a handmade sculpture, designed and produced by Canadian artist Pascale Girardin in a limited edition, made of glazed high fire stoneware with an Egyptian-blue finish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Gold Leaf
Chinese Oxblood Vase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pretty Chinese oxblood vase that is probably 19th century but could be very early 20th century. It has a professional repair to one section.
Category
20th Century Chinese Vases
Materials
Pottery
"Brama Totem" Ltd. Ed. Black Glazed and Gold Leaf, Sculpture by P. Girardin
By Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brama Totem" is a handmade sculpture, designed and produced by Canadian artist Pascale Girardin in a limited edition, made of glazed high fire stoneware with a cast-iron black finis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Gold Leaf
"Brama Totem" Ltd. Ed. Blue Glazed and Gold Leaf Sculpture by P. Girardin
By Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brama Totem" is a handmade sculpture, designed and produced by Canadian artist Pascale Girardin in a limited edition, made of glazed high fire stoneware with an Egyptian-blue finish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf, Aluminum
China 100 BC Han Dynasty Ancient Rare Stickman Sculpture in Earthenware Pottery
Located in Miami, FL
Standing Stickman from the Han Dynasty.
Original ancient Chinese tomb attendants sculpture of a tall, thin standing man wearing a short tunic. Beautifully crafted in grey earthenw...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Iron
H 18.5 in W 5.5 in D 5.1 in
Vintage Hand Blown Faceted Fruit Form Murano Glass Sculpture Vase for Arcade
By Laura de Santillana
Located in Surfside, FL
Vase designed by Laura de Santillana in edition for Arcade, 2001. this is from a series of tropical fruit and plant form inspired vases with the same matte, hand engraved, finish:
PA...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
"Screen Sculpture #62", Abstract, Welded Steel, Outdoor Metal Sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in New York, NY
"Screen Sculpture #62" by David Hayes
Abstract Metal Outdoor Sculpture in black-painted, welded steel
American modern master David Hayes created graceful sculptures abstracted from ...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
H 60 in W 80 in D 40 in
Pair of Chinese Ceramic Lamps 'Without Lampshade'
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Exceptional pair of Chinese ceramic table lamps; they were obtained from two large vases on which the electrical part was mounted by covering the mouth of the vase with a brass plate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
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Carved White Marble George III Period Funerary Urn, circa 1800
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
of a classical urn carved with fluid flowing drapery, with one loop handle visible to a fluted
Category
Antique Early 1800s English George III Urns
Materials
Marble
Koen Vanmechelen and Studio Job No. 88 "Forever" in Glass Bronze and Bones, 2014
By Koen Vanmechelen, Studio Job (Job Smeets & Nynke Tynagel)
Located in Blauvelt, NY
suggests that this is not a burial urn but one of resurrection. As the project continues, with
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
H 27.5 in W 11.75 in D 11.75 in
French Bronze Enamel Porcelain Hand Painted Urn Marble Cassoulet, 19th C SALE
Located in Sofia, BG
Limited edition, numbered on the bottom. Authentic item.
History of the Urn / Origin
The first
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Baroque Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
H 19.69 in W 11.82 in D 5.91 in
Han Dynasty Gray Terracotta Cocoom Jar with Original Color Pigments and Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
original color pigments and a beautiful patina. The cocoon shape was thought to be auspicious for burial
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Urns
Materials
Terracotta
H 11.75 in W 13 in D 8 in
Oxblood Neo Classique Vase
Located in Miami, FL
as containers for water and provisions; eternal rest in the secrets of burial urns. These are the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Mixed Media
Chinese Unearthed Urn
Located in Chicago, IL
unearthed alongside hundreds of other burial treasures, the design defies its ancient roots. This urn comes
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Slay
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current resident of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Resting Bitch Face
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
that she develops by referencing urns, shrines, burial mounds and places of veneration. As a current
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Roman Fragment of Sarcophagus Depicting a Man Being Attacked by a Snake
Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES
the burial practices of ancient Rome and Roman funerary art, marble and limestone sarcophagi
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Classical Roman Antiquities
Materials
Marble
H 1.19 in W 6.82 in D 11.03 in
Pair of Preserved Ostrich Eggs Mounted on Ebonized Wood Candlesticks
Located in Leesburg, VA
Cabinet objects transformed ostrich eggs into ornate flasks, urns and decorative works. In ancient times
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Natural Specimens
Materials
Ostrich Eggshell, Wood, Ebony
Pair of 19th Century Buddhist Temple Vessels
Located in Chicago, IL
two urns are reminiscent of Han-dynasty burial vessels, with lids shaped like Buddhist temples
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Chinese Republic Period Bronze Archaistic Urn, circa 1930
Located in Hudson, NY
to simulate the age and burial of ritual objects further stimulating the cult of one's ancestral past.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese URNS
Located in Sarasota, FL
Pair of Antique Chinese BURIAL URNS with celadon glaze, Southern Song Dynasty, 12/13th Century
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Urns
Carved & Painted Pine George III Period Mourning Monument Urn, circa 1800
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
allusion to the 'veil' between this world and the next. As burial became a more customary ritual, the urn
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Urns
Materials
Pine
H 32 in W 12.5 in D 12.5 in
Chinese Lapis Lazuli Covered Vase/ Urn, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Lapis Lazuli Covered Vase/ Urn; please look at the photos closely to see the magnificent
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Finely Carved George III Period Marble Mourning Monument, circa 1800
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
allusion to the 'veil' between this world and the next. As burial became a more customary ritual, the urn
Category
Antique Early 1800s English George III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Carved White Marble George III Period Funerary Urn, circa 1820
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
the next. As burial became a more customary ritual, the urn was one of the most common of monuments
Category
Antique 1820s English George III Urns
Materials
Marble
Antique Chinese Han Vase
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
This Han Dynasty vase is from North China. Often these were originally used as burial urns or
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Clay
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Burial Urns For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of burial urns is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct burial urns — often made from ceramic, stone and bronze — can elevate any home. Burial urns have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 19th Century. Burial urns are generally popular furniture pieces, but neoclassical style is often sought at 1stDibs.
How Much are Burial Urns?
Prices for burial urns start at $895 and top out at $50,185 with the average selling for $21,750.
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