An Unusual Pottery Buddhist Almsbowl
Probably Tang Dynasty - Five Dynasty, 10th Century A.D.
Diameter: 5 1/4 inches (13.3 cm)

I was intrigued by the humble appearance of this begging bowl when I first saw it inside a glass display case. Instinctively, I knew I was going to have it under my arms. With a finely crackled amber-orange glaze with six characters below the lip translated as: “Golden of the monastery of achieved destiny”.