What are Some Different Types of Vases?

Vases have been popular both outdoors and indoors since ancient times. Ancient vases were often used for cemetery purposes, but today we have many different types of vases for different uses. Vases can be made from anything from ceramic and porcelain to glass or metal. The most expensive vkind of ase in the world is the Ming vase. Ming vases are considered very rare and valuable. They date back to China's final imperial dynasty of 1386 - 1644. These Ming ceramic pottery vases are mostly blue and white. A Ming vase can be urn-shaped or even bird-shaped. An unglazed ring inside a red-brown ring on the foot, or base, of the Ming vase marks it as a true Ming. Ancient Greek pottery vases include distinctive and sophisticated paintings. By the eighth century BC, figures of humans were used on cemetery vases to mark graves. Attic vases are black and red-toned and include figures from Greek mythology such as Hercules. Greek vases often tell a story in the use of human and animal figures painte ... more