A set of five similar Japanese porcelain bowls and covers, decorated blue, peach and gold with branches of peonies, signed on the base Genroku sei, Meiji/Taisho period, 8.5cm high, 12.8cm diameter. Genroku Tominaga (1859-1920) was a leading studio ceramicist of the Meiji era worked on Kyushu and became the Head of The Protection of Cultural Properties Commission. He won many prizes including awards at the 5th National Industrial Exposition in 1903.