‡ Hans Coper (1920-1981) ovoid volume with flattened cylinder

‡ Hans Coper (1920-1981)

ovoid volume with flattened cylinder,

stoneware layered with white porcelain slips and engobes, over textured and incised body, the interior with manganese glaze

impressed seal mark, 18.5cm. high

Provenance

Barry Moore, (1941-2015) Economist at Downing College, Cambridge.

Literature

Tony Birks, Hans Coper, Collins, page 178 for a comparable example covered in a burnished manganese glaze, and page 179 for a larger example covered in white porcelain slips. This example, from the Sainsbury Collection, was used as the front cover for Hans Coper 1920-1981 retrospective exhibition catalogue.