A Japanese polychrome bowl painted in iron-red, green and black enamels, the interior with a figure walking among birds and flowers within a border of prunus branches and scrolling flowers and leaves, the exterior with peonies, pine and fruiting trees -- 6in. diam, iron-red Chenghua four-character mark; and a Kutani bowl painted in underglaze blue, coloured enamels and gilt with a qilin painted to the centre within a border with three flower shaped panels of chrysanthemums on a geometric pattern ground -- 10in. diam. (2)