Part of a consignment from a deceased estate in Totness, this stoneware bowl, above, by currently red-hot studio pottery favourite Dame Lucie Rie, was a near certainty to exceed the £6000-9000 estimate when Chudleigh auctioneers Michael J Bowman (17.5% buyer’s premium) received a £20,000 commission bid from Japan ahead of the September 23 Devon sale.
Monogrammed to the underside and with radiating incised lines to interior and exterior, the 10in diameter x 4¼in high (25 x 11cm) bowl featured on the catalogue front cover.