Japanese Porcelain Small Plate Mamezara Vtg Side Dish Blue Karako Children Y486 plastic tray Porcelain chipped on the bottom

Porcelain chipped on the bottom part

5 cm wide x 34 cm long (reversible)

Gold powder sprinkled-like design

Sticker on the bottom: Sake 1st grade

One has a blue line and one has a pink line

Japanese Porcelain Small Plate Mamezara Vtg Side Dish Blue Karako Children Y486 plastic tray Porcelain chipped on the bottomVintage Japanese Porcelain Small Plate, Mamezara This is a vintage Japanese small porcelain plate called mamezara. Mostly white, this ultra thin plate has a blue sometsuke design of three Tang Dynasty children (called Karako in Japanese). This Chinese themed motif was popular in the Edo period of Japan and well into the modern era. It symbolizes longevity and health for children. Mamezara are tiny plates in a Japanese tableware set that typically hold