https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/19590/fullSpade formca.1969Hans CoperOverall: 18.5 × 12 × 6 cm (7 5/16 × 4 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.)Stoneware with slipGift of Jane CorkinG18.5.21This 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.Modern and Contemporary Ceramics2018-2019 New AcquisitionsModern and Contemporary - International[]Modern and Contemporary CeramicsEnglish2018007817EnglishImpressed HC in a circle