Birger Kaipiainen Large platter, 1950s Glazed earthenware, glaze pearls in relief. 51.5 x 53 x 6 cm Produced by Arabia, Helsinki, Finland. Painted signature KAIPIAINEN. Footnotes: Provenance Acquired by the Dutch architect Johannes Jacobus Margarethus Vegter, 1960s-1970s Thence by descent to the present owner Literature Erik Zahle, ed., A Treasury of Scandinavian Design: The standard authority on Scandinavian-designed furniture, textiles, glass, ceramics, and metal, New York, 1961, p. 235, fig. 341 for a similar example Domus (Milan), no. 387, February 1962, pp. 48-49 for similar examples Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Cologne, 2002, p. 343 for a similar example Bonhams wishes to thank Petra Wirkkala from the Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Foundation for her assistance with cataloguing the present lot. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing