Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Footed pot with four indents, circa 1975
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Phillips · Dec 13, 2025$154,800 ≈ £115,686 ≈ €131,958Sign up free to see price
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Early thistle form
Hans Coper (German, 1920–1981) · circa 1956
$40,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £26,396≈ €36,397
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “Stoneware, layered white porcelain slips and engobes over a body with textured and incised linear designs, the interior with manganese glaze”
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) high
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Design (NY050215)
- Date
- December 15, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 127
- Estimate
- $20,000 – $30,000 (≈ £13,198 – £19,797) (≈ €18,198 – €27,298)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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