British Art Pottery - 25th November 2015
Lot 369
‡ Hans Coper (1920-1981) ovoid volume with flattened cylinder
Estimate £10,000 - £20,000 | Hammer £22000
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Description
‡ 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.