Gift Details

(1) Large hardcover book. ``The Nature of Japan 2000,'' commissioned by H.I.H. Prince Norihito Takamado, with a preface by Mayuma Moriyama, $200. (2) 5" mauve silk peonie contained in a clear plastic box with a black bottom that bears an American flag in the bottom left corner, $45. (3) 11" x 6" x 2" black lacquer letter box with a red interior. Lid has a mother-of-pearl inlay that depicts a dragon with a large starburst design above its head, $500. (4) 28" x 14" pink, blue, green, yellow, brown, orange, and purple painting on fabric that depicts four large birds on leaves of grass, matted in a 20" x 38" cherry wood frame, $650; Recd-- July 19, 2000; Est. Value-- $1395; Archives Foreign.

Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government