Wooden lid for the box 1996.17.197 .2. For the associated records see 1996.17.197 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden lid for the box 1996.17.197 .2. For the associated records see 1996.17.197 .1 - .3 [ASh [OPS move] 21/04/2016]
Long description: Wooden lid for the box 1996.17.197 .2. On the upper surface of the lid is a dragon painted in red, blue, green, red and purple paint with Kanji script around it and the word dragon in the upper left corner. On the reverse is an image of a man in a blue robe holding onto a paintbrush. Surrounded by Kanji text and red seal stamps around the central image. For the complete record for this object see 1996.17.197 and for the records for the detachable individual parts see [box 1996.17.197 .2 .1, box lid 1996.17.197 .2 .2 and the souvenir cloth 1996.17.197 .3] [ASh [OPS move] 21/04/2016]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Kutani
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Maker Clifton Karhu; Field collector John Lowe; PRM source John Lowe
Date / Period: Date made: 1985?, uncertain
Date collected: 1988
Acquisition information: Donated: 1996
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Carpentered
Dimensions: Height: max 13 mm, Width: max 340 mm, Length: max 342 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1996.17.197.3
Research and responses: For information on the artist Clifton Karhu see John Lowe's article, 'Clifton Karhu "You Do Best What You Like", Kansai Time Out, January 1988, pp. 6-7.

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