# Free vase 3D models for three.js (GLB, CC BY and CC0)
https://paprika3d.com/docs/models/vases
24 free vases for three.js from the 816 in the paprika3d asset library (CC BY and CC0), as meshopt GLB files: each with its author, license, credit line, triangles and file size, and the asset_search call that fetches it.
## What the library holds
The paprika3d asset library holds 816 vases among its 57,732 models. 780 of them are licensed CC BY 4.0, which asks you to credit the author wherever you use the model, and 36 are CC0, which asks nothing. 3 are AI-generated, from Scenario's 3D Collection, and say so on their card.
742 of the 816 pass the library's quality checks: textured (or drawn in vertex colours, for a low-poly or voxel model), not flat, at most 15 MB, with a name, a description and a real-world height. Among those, the median model has 19,000 triangles, with the middle half between 2,450 and 67,000, and the median file is 0.33 MB, with nine in ten at most 1 MB. The median one stands 0.3 m tall at real size. 3 carry a texture of 2048 px, the library's largest; the rest are smaller. 10 are animated and 1 rigged. The most common styles are realistic (423), scanned (139) and stylized (120).
## Vases in a three.js scene
A vase invites a close look, so give it an environment map and, for glazed pottery, `MeshPhysicalMaterial` with `clearcoat` over the base colour. The library mixes museum scans (139 scanned, 36 under CC0) with modelled pieces, and the scans carry many more triangles: the middle half runs from 2,450 to 67,000. Check a heavy one with `model_audit` before a page holds several.
For 3D printing, export the loaded scene with `STLExporter` from `three/addons/exporters/STLExporter.js`. A printer needs a closed shell; `eval` runs `stats(target)` on the open page, which reports each mesh's closed edges, volume and genus, so you can tell a closed vase from an open one before you export it.
A turned vase you shape yourself is a `LatheGeometry` from a few profile points, which a configurator can rebuild as the user drags a slider.
## Fetch one and load it
With the paprika3d plugin in Claude Code, or its MCP server in any other agent, the agent searches the library in words or picks a model by the id on its card. `pick` downloads the file into the project's `assets/` folder (`public/assets/` under vite), adds the credit line to `assets/CREDITS.md` and answers with the code that loads it at real size. Give `cwd`, the project folder, as with every paprika3d tool.
```text
asset_search {"query": "vase", "cwd": "."}
asset_search {"pick": "736e45dcda1e462985769af8afdeb6f3", "cwd": "."}
```
Every file is a binary glTF (.glb) compressed with meshopt, so GLTFLoader needs the meshopt decoder that ships with three.js. The origin sits at the bottom centre of each model, so it stands on the floor where you place it:
```js
import * as THREE from 'three';
import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
import { MeshoptDecoder } from 'three/addons/libs/meshopt_decoder.module.js';
const loader = new GLTFLoader().setMeshoptDecoder(MeshoptDecoder);
const gltf = await loader.loadAsync('assets/chinese-vase-736e45.glb');
scene.add(gltf.scene);
```
## 24 vases to start from
Chosen from the 742 that pass the checks: the ones agents picked most through `asset_search` first, then the ones whose name says what they are, then lighter files, with at most 2 per author. Each CC BY card ends with its credit line: paste it into your credits, as the license requires.
**[chinese vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/736e45dcda1e462985769af8afdeb6f3)** by [aurelkillers1](https://sketchfab.com/aurelkillers1)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 836 triangles · 0.303 MB · realistic · 0.4 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "736e45dcda1e462985769af8afdeb6f3"}`
Credit: "chinese vase" by aurelkillers1 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/736e45dcda1e462985769af8afdeb6f3) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Table Decoration Vase (EMP(KLTN) 16E)](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/62808a566e544968b1a0c2610fe47bd4)** by [eeelabvisual](https://sketchfab.com/eeelabvisual)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 8,872 triangles · 0.101 MB · realistic · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "62808a566e544968b1a0c2610fe47bd4"}`
Credit: "Table Decoration Vase (EMP(KLTN) 16E)" by eeelabvisual (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/62808a566e544968b1a0c2610fe47bd4) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[UVA 3D Greek Vases - lekythos 20160219](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d6921a7b9044409aabe3c154fc5cb21d)** by [UVA3D](https://sketchfab.com/UVA3D)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 77,388 triangles · 0.616 MB · scanned · 0.2 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "d6921a7b9044409aabe3c154fc5cb21d"}`
Credit: "UVA 3D Greek Vases - lekythos 20160219" by UVA3D (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d6921a7b9044409aabe3c154fc5cb21d) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Ancient Vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/dce37778ec964299bba5aeca736bf70e)** by [AO-INTERACTIVE](https://sketchfab.com/aointeractive)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 40,778 triangles · 0.393 MB · realistic · 0.35 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "dce37778ec964299bba5aeca736bf70e"}`
Credit: "Ancient Vase" by AO-INTERACTIVE (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/dce37778ec964299bba5aeca736bf70e) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/76a3f7bf75d049458dfaa48aa342e0b8)** by [The Smithsonian Institution](https://sketchfab.com/Smithsonian)
[CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) · 55,012 triangles · 0.579 MB · scanned · 0.4 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "76a3f7bf75d049458dfaa48aa342e0b8"}`
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture" by The Smithsonian Institution (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/76a3f7bf75d049458dfaa48aa342e0b8) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Vase Marco](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b104e554aa3a4b65877c02aa4a8e4b19)** by [easellease](https://sketchfab.com/easellease)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 6,464 triangles · 0.12 MB · stylized · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "b104e554aa3a4b65877c02aa4a8e4b19"}`
Credit: "Vase Marco" by easellease (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b104e554aa3a4b65877c02aa4a8e4b19) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Kalong Vase, 14th-16th C CE](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0797e6f0be7b4045ade19cd5d8db1e4a)** by [Minneapolis Institute of Art](https://sketchfab.com/artsmia)
[CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) · 44,642 triangles · 0.462 MB · scanned · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "0797e6f0be7b4045ade19cd5d8db1e4a"}`
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Kalong Vase, 14th-16th C CE" by Minneapolis Institute of Art (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0797e6f0be7b4045ade19cd5d8db1e4a) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Vase On The Age Of Cultural Revolution 文革时期花瓶](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/19b1f1c754c9483d81725d128a03c663)** by [HUNNU Culture Heritage Digital Center湖南师大文化遗产数字化中心](https://sketchfab.com/hunnudigital)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 44,204 triangles · 0.479 MB · realistic · 0.35 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "19b1f1c754c9483d81725d128a03c663"}`
Credit: "Vase On The Age Of Cultural Revolution 文革时期花瓶" by HUNNU Culture Heritage Digital Center湖南师大文化遗产数字化中心 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/19b1f1c754c9483d81725d128a03c663) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Black-Figure Neck Amphora, c. 540 BCE](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ac0e15c2ea224fb688e9ebd2aaa8db0c)** by [Minneapolis Institute of Art](https://sketchfab.com/artsmia)
[CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) · 63,996 triangles · 1.949 MB · scanned · 0.45 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "ac0e15c2ea224fb688e9ebd2aaa8db0c"}`
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Black-Figure Neck Amphora, c. 540 BCE" by Minneapolis Institute of Art (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ac0e15c2ea224fb688e9ebd2aaa8db0c) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/1e7c24861ab0453184cf78fa781e284d)** by [rhcreations](https://sketchfab.com/rhcreations)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,494 triangles · 0.71 MB · realistic · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "1e7c24861ab0453184cf78fa781e284d"}`
Credit: "Vase" by rhcreations (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/1e7c24861ab0453184cf78fa781e284d) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Decorative vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4bafe95eb8784cca9b42667303f846b4)** by [Virtual Museums of Małopolska](https://sketchfab.com/WirtualneMuzeaMalopolski)
[CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) · 84,683 triangles · 0.84 MB · realistic · 0.4 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "4bafe95eb8784cca9b42667303f846b4"}`
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Decorative vase" by Virtual Museums of Małopolska (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4bafe95eb8784cca9b42667303f846b4) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[FV - Urns](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/856fab61bff144699a5b7a3ee79409f9)** by [Betsy](https://sketchfab.com/sycorix)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,592 triangles · 0.122 MB · stylized · 0.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "856fab61bff144699a5b7a3ee79409f9"}`
Credit: "FV - Urns" by Betsy (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/856fab61bff144699a5b7a3ee79409f9) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Beautiful vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/aff09df52ea84c318ba591c0f70815e6)** by [koters](https://sketchfab.com/koterstudios)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,244 triangles · 0.098 MB · realistic · 0.4 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "aff09df52ea84c318ba591c0f70815e6"}`
Credit: "Beautiful vase" by koters (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/aff09df52ea84c318ba591c0f70815e6) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Vase Arnette](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4505fd2ad4224150a991d920c4085e95)** by [rcarnette](https://sketchfab.com/rcarnette)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 738 triangles · 0.131 MB · realistic · 0.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "4505fd2ad4224150a991d920c4085e95"}`
Credit: "Vase Arnette" by rcarnette (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4505fd2ad4224150a991d920c4085e95) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Globe Vase (L) Raku (EMP(TRG) 14K)](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/5ab2f07e85ac43e3a8e4e8bf16074ac6)** by [eeelabvisual](https://sketchfab.com/eeelabvisual)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 2,758 triangles · 0.113 MB · realistic · 0.35 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "5ab2f07e85ac43e3a8e4e8bf16074ac6"}`
Credit: "Globe Vase (L) Raku (EMP(TRG) 14K)" by eeelabvisual (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/5ab2f07e85ac43e3a8e4e8bf16074ac6) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Old Rusted Vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/97ee88df09f7438aa77c52969fd6a006)** by [seatlamorake](https://sketchfab.com/seatlamorake)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 32,520 triangles · 0.687 MB · realistic · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "97ee88df09f7438aa77c52969fd6a006"}`
Credit: "Old Rusted Vase" by seatlamorake (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/97ee88df09f7438aa77c52969fd6a006) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Vase - Preview](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4f60658f0b2b4ef3b66b308b22b407cf)** by [Connections XR](https://sketchfab.com/connectionsxr)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 45,368 triangles · 1.093 MB · scanned · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "4f60658f0b2b4ef3b66b308b22b407cf"}`
Credit: "Vase - Preview" by Connections XR (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4f60658f0b2b4ef3b66b308b22b407cf) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Beaker-Shaped Vase, from a Five-Piece Garniture](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/91e666d940e34d75b735353588e632f8)** by [The Smithsonian Institution](https://sketchfab.com/Smithsonian)
[CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) · 67,890 triangles · 0.621 MB · scanned · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "91e666d940e34d75b735353588e632f8"}`
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Beaker-Shaped Vase, from a Five-Piece Garniture" by The Smithsonian Institution (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/91e666d940e34d75b735353588e632f8) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Vase Textured 2](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/205645c3c7784cbd8d02284b4e6749aa)** by [Nadine Arentz](https://sketchfab.com/nadine_arentz)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 676 triangles · 0.259 MB · stylized · 0.4 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "205645c3c7784cbd8d02284b4e6749aa"}`
Credit: "Vase Textured 2" by Nadine Arentz (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/205645c3c7784cbd8d02284b4e6749aa) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Magnolia in a vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/647a28ca37a84e0bbc312d0b8044452d)** by [Andrei V](https://sketchfab.com/vav206)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,584 triangles · 0.325 MB · stylized · 0.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "647a28ca37a84e0bbc312d0b8044452d"}`
Credit: "Magnolia in a vase" by Andrei V (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/647a28ca37a84e0bbc312d0b8044452d) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[a vase ?](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f638c5708d9a49ef9898acc6058d1a15)** by [ex0l0n](https://sketchfab.com/ex0l0n)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 9,864 triangles · 0.259 MB · scanned · 0.3 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "f638c5708d9a49ef9898acc6058d1a15"}`
Credit: "a vase ?" by ex0l0n (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f638c5708d9a49ef9898acc6058d1a15) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Stylized Vase 1](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d726514a97f74f168b104fd6ba538331)** by [Nameera](https://sketchfab.com/Nameera)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,584 triangles · 0.328 MB · stylized · 0.35 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "d726514a97f74f168b104fd6ba538331"}`
Credit: "Stylized Vase 1" by Nameera (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d726514a97f74f168b104fd6ba538331) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Greek vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/14c0c01e8fbd41f99ece3dda74a92f39)** by [samuel.berko](https://sketchfab.com/samuel.berko)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 13,693 triangles · 0.687 MB · realistic · 0.6 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "14c0c01e8fbd41f99ece3dda74a92f39"}`
Credit: "Greek vase" by samuel.berko (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/14c0c01e8fbd41f99ece3dda74a92f39) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[HG_Vase](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f51f1d33be804a759207152154ac7714)** by [Poltergayst](https://sketchfab.com/Poltergayst)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 53,276 triangles · 0.531 MB · realistic · 0.5 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "f51f1d33be804a759207152154ac7714"}`
Credit: "HG_Vase" by Poltergayst (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f51f1d33be804a759207152154ac7714) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
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Counts from the library's catalog on 2026-10-28. The models are their authors' work under the license on each card; paprika3d converted them for the web.
Updated 2026-10-28.