Hans Coper (1920-1981)
Early Stoneware Globular Pot, circa 1953
layered white slips over sgraffito incised and textured body
impressed seal mark to underside
25.5cm high, 21cm diameter

Condition:
Excellent, no damage or restoration apparent.

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, pp. 83 and 86 for similar forms which date from 1953.