Early Hans Coper bowl bought for V&A after export ban
The V&A have acquired an early form by the artist-potter Hans Coper (1920-81). Made in 1955 in the studio Coper shared with Lucie Rie in Paddington, London, the large bowl was the subject of a temporary export ban in 2015 in the hope a UK buyer could be found.
It had sold at Phillips to an overseas buyer in 2014.
With an asking price of £92,291, it has now b…