78 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1955 



54.24. Persian, Safavid period, time of Shah 'Abbas (early 17th century), 



Isfahan school, signed Riza. Reclining nude asleep at a watercourse ; 

 picture and illumination in colors and gold on paper ; black nusta'llq 

 text. 0.321 X 0.208. (Illustrated.) 



54.25. Persian, Safavid period (late 16th century), signed Jan Qull. Mounted 



prince with attendants approaching a pavilion; colors and gold on 

 paper ; mounted on a leaf speckled with gold. 0.245 x 0.162. 



54.26. Persian (about A. D. 1500), Shiraz school. Leaf; recto: groom with 



horse in a wooded grove; colors and gold on paper; verso: black 



nastaTiq text, blue headings. 0.168 x 0.097. 

 54.28. Persian, Safavid period (early 17th century), Isfahan school. Leaf; 



recto : two youths embracing in a landscape ; ink and slight color on 



paper; verso: quatrain in black nasta'liq on floriated ground; signed 



Mul^ammad Husain al-Tabrlzi. 0.334 x 0.229. 

 54.32. Persian, Safavid period (mid-16th century). Leaf; recto: a hunting 



scene, line drawing, with light colors and gold, mounted on an album 



page ; verso : illuminated text ; dark blue and gold, and black nasta'liq 



script. 0.335 x 0.232. 



POTTERY 



54.117. Chinese, Ming dynasty (early 15th century). Vase of albarello shape; 

 fine white porcelain; glossy, transparent glaze; decorated in uuder- 

 glaze blue with floral scrolls, hatching, and stylized waves. 0.212 

 X 0.132. 



54.124. Chinese, T'ang dynasty (A. D. 618-006). Circular dish on three low 



feet ; buff-white day ; soft lead glazes, transparent, green, brown, and 

 blue; impressed decoration of floral motifs surrounding a flying 

 goose. 0.064 x 0.285. 



54.125. Chinese, Han dynasty (207 B. C.-A. D. 220). Cylindrical covered jar of 



the type lien on three low feet ; soft brick-red clay ; soft, dark-green 

 lead glaze, yellowish brown Inside; decoration molded in relief. 

 0.197 X 0.201. 



54.127. Chinese, Ch'ing dynasty, Ch'ien-lung period (1736-1796). Bottle-shaped 

 vase with "onion mouth" ; fine, white porcelain ; glossy, transparent 

 glaze ; decorated in delicate enamel colors, a woman and two boys in 

 a landscape, poem in black, three simulated seals in red ; 4-character 

 Ch'ien-lung mark in gray enamel on the base. 0.172 x 0.095. 



54.123. Japanese, Tokugawa period (17th century). Chrysanthemum-shaped 

 bowl of Kakiemon ware; fine, white porcelain; lustrous milk-white 

 glaze, brown rim. 0.095 x 0.225. 



55.8. Turkish, Ottoman (16th century), probably Isnik. Dish with flattened 



rim ; buff clay, transparent glaze ; decoration of floral motifs in cobalt 

 and some turquoise blue; base glazed. 0.068 x 0.376. 



55.9. Persian (late 12th century), signed Hasan al-Qashani. Bowl with octa- 



gonal rim and high foot; soft earthenware; soft, cream-white glaze 

 with splashes of blue; decoration molded in clay, large naskhi in- 

 scription, small kiiflc signature, arabesque ground and band of 

 leaves. 0.117 x 0.152. 



Total number of accessions to date (including above) 10, 952 



