HANS COPER (BRITISH 1920-1981) §
HOURGLASS VASE WITH CYLINDRICAL NECK RING, c. 1964-5
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Auction: Modern Made Day 2 - Lots 124 to 456 - Friday 02 May at 10:30
Description
impressed artist's mark, stoneware, layered porcelain slips and engobes over a textured and incised body
Dimensions
19cm high (7 ½in high)
Provenance
Paul Rice, 1983;
Collection of Professor John Chambers.
Footnote
Literature:
Birks, Tony, Hans Coper, Stenlake Publishing Ltd., Catrine, 2013, pp. 122-2 for similar examples.
As Tony Birks notes this form was made only in Hans Coper's Hammersmith period, in a variation of sizes, and in particular in the depth of the collar.