A Hans Coper jug
88AR
Hans Coper
A Rare Early Pitcher, circa 1952
stoneware, with abstract sgraffito design through manganese oxide glaze
28cm high, impressed artist's seal
Sold for £12,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A comparative example is illustrated in Tony Birks 'Hans Coper', Marston House, 2005, pg. 33.

    Another example from this period can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Ceramics Galleries, rm 142, museum number CIRC.54-1951, and can be seen illustrated in Margot Coatts et al., 'Lucie Rie & Hans Coper; Potters in Parallel', Herbert Press in association with Barbican Art Gallery, 1997, p.65.

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