Hans Coper

Composite pot on foot with central disc

Found at Phillips, London Auction
Lucie Rie and Hans Coper: Potter and Artist, Lot 331
18. Oct - 18. Oct 2018

Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 43.750 GBP

Description

circa 1974
Stoneware, layered white porcelain slips and engobes over a body with textured and incised linear designs, the interior with manganese glaze.
13 cm (5 1/8 in.) high
Impressed with artist's seal.
Private collection, London | Thence by descent

Upper estimate price exceeded by 46 %.

The work Composite pot on foot with central disc by Hans Coper was auctioned at Phillips in London in October 2018. It achieved a price of GBP 43,750.00 (€ 49,336.50), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 46%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hans Coper - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Cycladic arrow form, which sold at auction in October 2018 for GBP 156,250.00 (€ 176,201.80).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 46 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Composite pot on foot with central disc von Hans Coper kam im Oktober 2018 bei Phillips in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 43.750,00 (€ 49.336,50) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 46%. Für andere Arbeiten von Hans Coper mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Cycladic arrow form beobachtet, die im Oktober 2018 für GBP 156.250,00 (€ 176.201,80) versteigert wurde.