Vase

Vase (Fr. vase; Lat. vas, 'a vessel'), a hollow vessel, usually decorated and decorative; modern vases being solely ornamental. Ancient vases were made of metal, stone, glass, or earthenware. Historically interest attaches chiefly to vases of glass and earthenware; and such vases—Egyptian, Phœnician, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Chinese, Japanese, and modern European—are discussed, with illustrations, at GLASS and POTTERY. See also PORTLAND VASE.