フィンランドを代表する食器メーカーARABIAが復刻した名作アピラの希少な大サイズのボウルです。アピラとはフィンランド語で「クローバー（シロツメクサ）」の意味で、全面にクローバーの三つ葉が散りばめられたデザインとなっています。
オリジナルのアピラは1970〜1971年の短期間販売されました。熱狂的なリクエストを受けて2006〜2010年にかけて復刻版が製造されていますが、ARABIAの工場が東南アジアに移転したのを契機として販売が終了しています。結果的に復刻版も希少なアイテムとなっています。特に本作の23cmサイズのボウルは生産数が少なかったようで市場にはほとんど流通していないコレクターズアイテムです。
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メーカー：ARABIA / アラビア
デザイナー：Birger Kaipiainen / ビルガー・カイピアイネン
シリーズ名：Apila / アピラ
年代：2006〜2010年
製造国：フィンランド
コンディション：★★★★★（5：完品）
表面に保存上のごく僅かなスレが数センチの範囲で見られますが、割れや欠けがなくオリジナルのツヤをとどめた使用歴のないデッドストック品です。市場で入手可能なアイテムのなかでもトップコンディションのものとなります。
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直径23.3cm 高さ7cm
ARABIA - Arabia
ARABIA is a ceramic manufacturer representing Finland in the 20th century. Originally, ARABIA was a factory established in Finland by Sweden's Rörstrand as a base for producing pottery for Russia. The company's name comes from the fact that it was established in the Arabian district of Helsinki, the capital.
From the 1950s to the 1980s, many world-famous designers such as Ulla Procoppe, Birger Kaipiainen, Laiya Uosikkinen, and Esteri Tomura created many works, known as the Golden Age of ARABIA. Works that had a great influence on modern modern design were created at the time, from simple Scandinavian modern designs to highly decorative and well-crafted pieces. ARABIA is known for its masterpieces such as paratissi, crocus, flora, and corari, which are both practical and decorative items unique to Scandinavian tableware that are useful for both interior and everyday use.
Birger Kaipiainen
Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988)
Born in Pori, southwestern Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. Finland's leading designer, known as the "King of Decorators". Although he moved to the capital, Helsinki, when he was a child, Kaipiainen spends every summer with a homestay in the Russian town of Sortavala. The sense of nature and artistry cultivated there would influence him throughout his life. In his prime, Kaipiainen suffered from polio, which forced him to walk with a cane for the rest of his life. Due to a disability in one hand, he was unable to turn the potter's wheel and make pottery by himself, but this experience is said to have inspired him to hone his unique artistic sense.
Kaipiainen graduated from Aalto University's Faculty of Art, Finland's top art university, and began working at ARABIA in 1937 , before also transferring to Sweden's Rorstrand for four years from 1954 . During the heyday of simple and unadorned modern Scandinavian art, Kaipiainen's designs were rich in ornamentation and characterized by detailed depictions drawn in every corner. He has created a unique worldview that stands out from the mainstream of the time, designing Paratisch in 1969 , Apia in 1970 , and Sunnuntai in 1971 . These are still Arabia's reprints and are their signature products.