Ontwerp voor een vaas 1851 - 1930

This is a design for a vase, sketched by Theo Colenbrander. Observe how Colenbrander’s simple vessel carries echoes of ancient forms. Consider the amphora of antiquity: a vessel used across cultures for millennia to carry water, wine, and oil. This image, though a sketch for a decorative object, recalls the amphora’s iconic shape. The vase swells in the middle, the way a pregnant belly does. It rises from a narrow base, widening into a flared mouth. Throughout history, vessels have taken on myriad forms and materials, but their fundamental purpose remains: to contain, to nurture, to preserve. Colenbrander’s vase, though rendered in simple lines, resonates with the same ancient human impulse: to hold the precious, both tangible and intangible.