A Chinese blue glazed porcelain bowl, mark of Xuande but modern, of flared circular form, lightly incised with dragons to exterior and blossom and vapours to interior, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, diameter 17cm, together with a Ming-style underglaze iron red decorated porcelain bowl, the exterior painted with the eight Buddhistic emblems within scrolling tendrils, four-character mark to interior, diameter 10.7cm.