Ruby pained bowl , 9th century

Ruby colouration, to judge from the bowls and fragments which have survived to the present day, was highly sought after by the ninth century potters but rarely well-achieved.
Original diam 23.4cms
Private Collection. Auctioned Christies, London, UK. May 2001

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