Aizu Lacquerware Individual Plates 13cm 5 plates Makie (Sprinkled Picture) Cherries These plates are glossy and beautiful. They look black in the photos, but they are a dark reddish-brown color, close to black. There is a small red spot of about 3mm on the underside of the rim of only one plate (last photo). Although unused, there are fine scratches due to being stacked.