An Imari octagonal bowl painted and gilt with a coiled dragon within a border of alternating panels of floral cartouches, birds among prunus and bamboo and peonies and plantain issuing from fenced gardens -- 12in. (30.5cm.) wide; and a further bowl decorated with interlacing floral panels on a ground of scattered peonies and scrolling foliage -- 8½in. (11.5cm.) diam, gilt metal stand supported by three dolphins -- the stand 3½un. (9cm.) high. (2)

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An Imari octagonal bowl painted and gilt with a coiled dragon within a border of alternating panels of floral cartouches, birds among prunus and bamboo and peonies and plantain issuing from fenced gardens -- 12in. (30.5cm.) wide; and a further bowl decorated with interlacing floral panels on a ground of scattered peonies and scrolling foliage -- 8½in. (11.5cm.) diam, gilt metal stand supported by three dolphins -- the stand 3½un. (9cm.) high. (2)

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