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Clay Gold - pottery records at auction
The most expensive piece of studio pottery ever sold at auction is a stoneware "Cycladic" vase by British-German potter Hans Coper. It fetched £647,700 (approximately $800,000) at Phillips Auction House in London in 2018, setting a world record for studio pottery.
Previously, the record was held by another of Coper's works, a "Cycladic Arrow" form, which sold for £305,000 at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in 2015.
In the realm of studio pottery, Lucie Rie is another prominent figure. Her footed bowl from 1981 achieved a significant price of £330,200 ($402,895) at Phillips in 2021, setting a new auction record for her work.
However, these figures are modest compared to the highest prices ever paid for ceramics. The record for the most expensive ceramic piece ever sold is held by a Chinese Imperial "Chicken Cup" from the Ming Dynasty, which sold for $36.05 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong in 2014.
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