Humble salad bowl measuring just 8 inches in diameter sells for a world-record £173,000

It could seem like a plain white bowl however artwork collectors went potty for it when it offered at public sale for a world document £173,000.

The common-or-garden porcelain receptacle with concentric blue traces on the inside and outside was made virtually 40 years in the past by famed British potter Lucie Rie.

Seven years after it got here out of the kiln it was purchased by a personal collector who saved it for the subsequent 30 years.

It could seem like a plain white bowl however artwork collectors went potty for it when it offered at public sale for a world document £173,000

In that point the late studio potter's popularity soared and her work is now extremely sought-after and displayed in main museums world wide.

The white flaring footed bowl, that's 8ins in diameter and is 3ins tall, was given a pre-sale estimate of £30,000 however ended up promoting for a hammer value of £138,000. With charges added on the entire value paid for it was £173,000.

An analogous sized and formed white bowl will be purchased for as little as £four in Ikea.

The hefty value paid by an nameless collector on the public sale represented a second world document payment for a Lucie Rie piece within the final three months.

The common-or-garden porcelain receptacle with concentric blue traces on the inside and outside was made virtually 40 years in the past by famed British potter Lucie Rie

In September a 1976 conical type bowl of hers offered for £85,000 at public sale in London.

A spokesman for Phillips auctioneers of New York, which held the most recent sale, mentioned: 'The marketplace for works by Lucie Rie continues to thrive and develop.

'She is considered one of the vital vital figures in 20th century studio pottery and collectors are keen to amass her most spectacular items.

'The flaring footed bowl is simply such an instance - executed in beautiful element.

'Its uniqueness is underscored by the truth that it's one among solely a handful of comparable examples adorned in a matte white glaze with concentric blue traces.

'This bowl is in good situation with no harm or restoration.

'It has been in the identical non-public assortment in Canada for the final 30 years, after the proprietor bought it at public sale in London in 1985.

'Previous to that, it resided in an American assortment.

'We're so happy that Lucie Rie's work continues to obtain well-deserved consideration from a broad, worldwide base of collectors.

'The passion for this piece is a testomony to the rising demand for her items.'

Seven years after it got here out of the kiln it was purchased by a personal collector who saved it for the subsequent 30 years

Lucie Rie was born in Austria in 1902 to Jewish mother and father. She arrange an artwork studio in Vienna within the 1920s and went on to exhibit on the Paris Worldwide Exhibition.

However she fled the Nazis in 1938 and emigrated to England and had a studio close to Hyde Park in London.

Her work was exhibited on the Victoria and Albert Museum and she or he gave up pottery in 1990. She died in 1995 aged 93. 

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