That’s a very interesting observation. If this is the case for most memorisers (I hope more forum members will share their experience regarding location → object VS object-> location ability), than the reverse memory palace may not be very usefull for them.
The only other person, (as far as I can remember) that has shared his experience with this asymmetry is SilvioB who in a response to the Asymmetrical memory connection seemed to share my view, that going from object to location is easier. A part of his response was:
So for example; where did I put “freedom of artistic expression”? My mind instantly jumps to the memory palace that I have for the Swiss Constitution and I see B.A. Baracus painting a statue of liberty. Which gives me the information I was looking for
In reaction to the "counting from 00 to …"you said:
user_7e: This is true, I find this has to do with the ability to recognise what you have seen/what was there rather than the object reminding you of the location.
That is very strong explanation, which makes the example I gave (counting from 00 to …) less convincing. Perhaps a better example would be the memorisation of a single deck of cards and than trying to recreate the order by going from location to location or the second way by going from card to card.
So, let me say in conclusion, that this asymmetry appears to be very powerful for me, but I am more than anything interested in finding out if and how (which of the 2 ways is easier) this asymmetry is for other memorisers.