Four Imari bowls | Showa period, 20th century

Four Imari bowls 

Showa period, 20^th century 

the group comprising a deep bowl with everted rim decorated in iron red, yellow, aubergine, green and black enamels, with swirling panels of bamboo, chrysanthemum and plum blossom, divided by various geometric designs, the interior with a roundel depicting a mythical animal, ring foot; two bowls of various sizes decorated various coloured enamels and underglaze blue, depicting fish, the other with lobed panels interspersed among pomegranates, chocolate rims; a deep bowl decorated in different coloured enamels and silver, with a central roundel with peony sprays, the exterior with blossoms on a green ground 

25 cm., 9⅜ in. diam. (the first)

22 cm., 8½ in. diam. (the second)

18 cm., 7⅛ in. diam. (the third)

21 cm., 8¼ in. diam. (the fourth)