Pick of the Week: Rie price bowls over a record

THE market for Lucie Rie ceramics continues to thrive. A new auction high for the doyenne of the British studio pottery movement was posted by Phillips in New York on December 13 – the fourth occasion a record has been set in just two years.

Rie’s 9in (22cm) flaring footed porcelain bowl, right, with a matte white glaze and concentric inlai…

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