Details
manufactured by Arabia, Helsinki, Finland
glazed ceramic
each with a metal stand
958 in. (24.4 cm.) diameter (each)
each incised KAIPIAINEN ARABIA
Provenance
Bukowskis, Stockholm, 7 November 2003, lot 1262
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Scandinavian modern design: 1880-1980, ex. cat., Cooper Hewitt-Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, 1982, p. 193 (for a related example)
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Unique among modern Finnish ceramists, Kaipiainen treats clay as a painter’s canvas, animating simple forms with luminous, iridescent glazes. Inspired by Eastern design traditions, he decorates his works with stylized motifs of flora and fauna, celebrating nature’s shapes, colors, and textures.

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