Rosenthal - Tapio Wirkkala - 花瓶 (2) - 瓷 - 纸袋 / 粉色与棕色

On offer are two of the iconic pop-Art, PAPER BAG vases designed by Tapio Wirkkala — the great Finnish glassmaker, industrial designer, and artist, circa 1977, for Rosenthal Studio-linie’s ‘DO NOT LITTER’ collection. The Paper Bag vases came in various sizes and forms, both in polished white and in matte brown porcelain, and later on, in other colours. The two pieces on offer are pastel pink and chocolate brown. The vases were an instant hit and remain highly collectible to this day, Indeed, they are a fine example of Scandinavian / Nordic creativity and design excellence, with their minimalist form, and Bauhaus, Industrial Art appeal.

DIMENSIONS: The larger vase measures approximately 19 cm high, 11.5 cm wide, and 7.5 cm deep nd the smaller vase is 10.5 cm high, 8.5 cm wide, and 5.5 cm deep..

CONDITION: Very fine vintage condition with no chips, cracks, crazing or repairs. There are some very minor signs of use, mostly on the underside.

MARKS: Rosenthal's Studio-linie mark is stamped on the underside, along with T Wirkkala and GERMANY.

SHIPPING: The vases will be carefully wrapped and boxed and sent with a track and trace code.

TAPIO WIRKKALA (1915-1985) rose to world fame in the early 1950s following the breakthrough of Finnish industrial design at the triennial Milan fairs of 1951 and 1954. Wirkkala was an exceptionally versatile artist who was not held back in any design project by challenges of scale, materials, or conventions. He was a sculptor and designer who became best known as a glass artist, though his artistry ranged from postage stamps to drinking glasses, from furniture to domestic appliances, from a full-sized landscape memorial to a futuristic cityscape. The sources of inspiration for Wirkkala’s work were the powerful shapes of natural phenomena, where form and function merge. Form and shape were not simply an aesthetic goal or intellectual perception for him—rather they were born from the fusion of thinking, reflecting, seeing, and handcrafting. Tapio Wirkkala was one the leading figures of mid-century modern Scandinavian design.