Set of 7 Exceptional Mikado top Mandalay Dessert Plates from Occupied Japan

These brightly colored, top near-perfect dessert plates in the Mandalay pattern from the Mikado Company operating in occupied Japan after WWII are striking not only for their vividness and delicacy but also for the cultural moment they represent. The chrysanthemum in Japanese culture signifies rejuvenation, as the artisans who made these plates were attempting in their own lives.

The plates measure just over seven and a half inches in diameter, weigh ten ounces each, and are close to perfect, without any cracks, chips, scratches, color loss or repair. Minuscule loss of some gold leaf edging is their only sign of use.