https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/19590/fullSpade formca.1969[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@a9ab]Stoneware with slipThis spade vase is a signature form of Coper’s, first developed in 1968 for an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Coper is widely celebrated for his composite shapes of stacked geometrical elements, and this piece is an excellent example. The form references modernist sculpture, such as that by Brancusi or Henry Moore, while very much retaining the idiom of domestic pottery. Coper made the spade form in multiple sizes, the present one being among the smaller. This example is distinguished for its slightly speckled surface, a feature found only occasionally in his work.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@458https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/7817/rdf