Birger Kaipiainen (Finnish 1915–1988)
Florence Plate, 1985
Made by Arabia, Finland
Porcelain, glazed, polychromatic underglaze, applied nodes
22.8 x 25 x 3 cm. (9 x 9.8 in.)
Marked: Birger Kaipiainen, sommarutställning på Rörstrands museum 1985 (summer exhibition at Rörstrand museum 1985)
Condition: Excellent
Theme: The work's iridescence colors, glazing, and surface nodes that form representations of a flower, a butterfly, and two pocket watches evoke a kind of psychedelic neo-surrealism. Lastly, in this imagist work, time has stopped at twelve fifteen.