Anemone White Bisque Porcelain Trio – Rosemonde Nairac for Rosenthal, 1970s

A refined three-piece set from Rosemonde Nairac’s Anemone series for Rosenthal Studio-Line, bringing together two larger vases and a matching lidded box in matte white bisque porcelain. The softly cylindrical forms are wrapped in Nairac’s distinctive relief, where floral rhythm meets a more ordered, repeating structure, giving the surfaces a quiet play of light and shadow.

• Dimensions:
  
  • Larger vase: H 22 cm, Dia. 11 cm
    
  • Smaller vase: H 18.5 cm, Dia. 9 cm
    
  • Lidded box: H 7 cm, W 13 cm, D 10 cm
• Material: Bisque porcelain
  
• Brand: Rosenthal
  
• Designer: Rosemonde Nairac
  
• Color: Matte white
  
• Era: 1970s
  
• Origin: Germany
  
• Condition: Excellent vintage condition; no chips, cracks, or restorations; minimal traces of age consistent with careful preservation
  
• Remarks: Set of three; lidded box marked 2. Selection

This trio has a calm, tactile presence that suits interiors built around texture, light, and restraint. The matte white finish keeps the composition airy, while the relief adds enough depth to make the set feel alive throughout the day. It sits especially well in quiet modern spaces, on pale stone, glass, or dark wood, where the surfaces can do their subtle work without distraction.

Rosemonde Nairac (b. 1938, Mauritius) is a designer and ceramic artist trained at London’s Royal College of Art who became one of Rosenthal studio-line’s most distinctive décor authors from the late 1960s onward. Her work is characterised by finely calibrated, textile-like geometries in soft pastels and metallic highlights, developed in close dialogue with the underlying form rather than as mere surface ornament. For Rosenthal she created multiple service and giftware décors, including the Silhouette forms with the Kelim pattern (designed 1985), a series of inverted U-shaped vases and boxes in white porcelain with pastel zigzags and gold that were produced at Rosenthal’s Selb factory between 1986 and 1988 and are now represented in major design collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Rosenthal, founded in 1879 in Selb, Bavaria, is one of Germany’s most important porcelain manufacturers, recognised for combining industrial production with high design standards. With its Studio-Linie programme from the 1960s onwards, Rosenthal invited international artists and designers to create avant-garde forms and décors, making pieces like this set both functional objects and design collectibles.