Two Japanese Imari bowls, Meiji period, 1868-1912, similar bowls in two sizes, of lobed form with alternating cartouches of bird life and formal vegetal forms, centred with a roundel of flora and tendrils within patterned borders, in red, orange, green and cobalt colours with gilt highlights, both marked with cloud motifs underside, height 6.5 cm, diameter: 28.5 cm, and smaller