Hans Coper Early globular pot, circa 1954

Hans Coper
Early globular pot, circa 1954
Stoneware, layered white porcelain slips and engobes over a textured and incised body.
25.4 cm high, 20.2 cm diameter
Impressed with artist's seal.
Provenance
Jane Coper, UK
Phillips, London, 'Lucie Rie/Hans Coper: Masterworks', 20 June 2000, lot 7
Phillips, London, 'Design', 25 April 2013, lot 249
Joanna Bird, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014

Exhibited
'Masterworks: Lucie Rie and Hans Coper', Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, Royal Pump Rooms, 21 April-3 June 2001
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Gallery 10 and the Industrial Gallery, June 2002-June 2004
'Masterpieces of Studio Pottery', Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, 29 January-15 May 2005
'Lucie Rie & Hans Coper: Art Alive is Always Modern', MIMA, Middlesbrough, 28 November 2008-15 February 2009

Literature
Tony Birks, Hans Coper, Catrine, 2013, pp. 83, 86 for similar forms