Weirdly decorated plate

[quintenf]

Hello everyone,

I got this plate and I see this kind op decoration quite often lately. I'm wondering what the origin of this decoration is and what the age of this plate is, I assume it is just 20th century. Is this just a decoration used for touristic souvenirs? Or this an authentic decoration?

[heavenguy]

Thisnis Japanese and it reads Dai Nippon meaning great Japan. Probably 20's to 40's... It's more like a souvenir than a collectors item.

[quintenf]

Thanks for the reply! Good to know, does this mean ceramics with this kind of decoration are never old? Or is this decoration based on an old style? What I found really strange is the use of matt black paint, is this for example always new ceramic? Or is this also used on old ceramics?

[Stan]

Plates like these were made for export and made in large quantities and so the collectors value would be low, in my opinion.