1971年から1974年までの間に製造されたARABIA社の名器パラティッシのティーカップ＆ソーサー＆21cmオーバルプレートのトリオです。Paratiisi（パラティッシ）とはフィンランド語で「楽園」の意味です。同社の代表的なデザイナーであったビルガー・カイピアイネンがデザインし、1969年に発売されました。パラティッシは制作に手間がかかるため、1974年には一旦生産が中止しています。
こちらはARABIAの最盛期に製造された1971〜1974年製造のパラティッシのトリオとなります。バックスタンプにフィンランド語の表記があり、ロゴの左側に羽のように葉っぱが飛び出ているのが71〜74年製の特徴です。パラティッシはその希少性からヴィオラロゴが最も高価で希少性が高いものですが、こちらの1971年製のパラティッシはヴィオラロゴよりも色の表現や表面のツヤが優れています。
製造から年数のときを経て、ARABIAの技術力の高まりを見せた時期の作品となり、その出来栄えはコレクターズアイテムであるオールドパラティッシの中で最も色鮮やかで一際美しいものです。
ARABIAは1974年のオイルショックの煽りをうけて、フィンランド国内の経済不況から1974年以降は主力商品が続々と生産を中止し、白地に簡素な装飾を施しただけの食器を発売せざるを得なくなっていきます。
装飾に手間暇を惜しまなかった最後の作品がこの1971年製のパラティッシです。ミッドセンチュリーの傑作、ARABIA社の栄光の時代を伝える屈指の作品となります。
ロゴについて詳しい説明はこちらの記事（ARABIAパラティッシロゴの歴史）をご覧ください。
■詳細
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：Paratiisi / パラティッシ
年代：1971〜1974年
生産国：フィンランド
コンディション：★★★☆☆（3.5：良品）
ソーサー表面に光に透かすとスレが見られますが割れや欠けがない良品です。全体的にオリジナルのつやを留めた良コンディションとなります。
■サイズ
カップ幅11.7cm（取手含む）カップ高さ6.7cm ソーサー直径17cm
プレート直径21cm
"Paratiisi" is a masterpiece created by Birger Kaipiainen, a famous designer of ARABIA. The series name means "paradise" in Finnish. After some trial and error by Kaipiainen, Paratissi was launched in 1969. Each piece of Paratissi was decorated with a richly colored print, making it one of the most elaborate and luxurious series of Arabic tableware of the time. Production ceased in 1974 due to the severe economic recession and fuel shortage caused by the oil crisis.
Paratissi is also known for its frequently changing logo, called a backstamp. 1) A logo that started with the viola (pansy) logo in 1969, 2) A logo that abolished the year stamp in the first half of 1971, and 3) A leaf that replaced the viola part produced around the second half of 1971 with the ARABIA mark. logo, 4) Crown logo, which was replaced with a circular English logo in the 1988 reprint, 5) Black and white logo from mid-2000, with the color of the 1988 logo removed, and 6) Made in Thailand, with the circle mark further removed. There are 6 types of logos. Until the mid-2000 logo, it will be made in Finland. The important thing to know is that the Thai made logo does not have "FINLAND" stamped on it.
In particular, the reprint editions of Paratissi from the mid-2000s onward are characterized by their darker decorations and thick design lines that make them easy to understand. Vintage items up to 1988 have pale colors and thin lines, giving a sense of depth throughout. Vintage tableware is more beautiful as tableware.
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.
