- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Decorative plate with Kyoto Arashiyama design.
- Long description
- Small wooden decorative plate with bamboo covering and painted design of Arashiyama, in Kyoto, Japan. The front of the plate depicts a cluster of leaves and Japanese characters, which likely translate to 'Arashiyama', in brown and red paint. The reverse has a dark brown and yellow flower pattern painted on a brown background. The rim of the plate is painted red and there is a white rectangular sticker with 'Arashiyama' handwritten in black pen on the reverse.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- PRM source Sylvia Platt
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1970
- Date collected
- 1960 - 1970
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 12 November 2024
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Acrylic Paint Synthetic, Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Painted, Process Printed, Process Written, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Diameter 138 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2024.22.82 Other numbers: 57
- Research and responses
In conversation with Dr Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art at the Ashmolean Museum, 03/2025: Plates 2024.22.82-86 represent famous sites in Kyoto, Japan.
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