APPENDIX 3 



EEPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the eighth annual report on the 

 Freer Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 1928 : 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows : 



28.1. Persian, thirteenth century. Rhages. A large jar, with bands of orna- 



ment in bold relief. Dark blue glaze with traces of red painting and 

 gilding. A fine specimen of great significance. 



25.2. Persian, twelfth-thirteenth century. Rhages. A goblet, with a painted 



decoration over a white enamel glaze. The colors are red, blue, grayish- 

 yellow, and light green. 



PORCELAIN 



28.3. Chinese, early eighteenth century. A shallow bowl with a floral decora- 



tion painted in enamels over a white glaze. Mark : Yung Cheng in 

 blue enamel. 



28.4. Chinese, early eighteenth century. A shallow bowl, covered by a white 



glaze inside and a light green glaze outside. The floral decoration is 

 painted in enamels over glaze. Mark : Yung Cheng in blue enamel. 



28.5. Chinese, early eighteenth century. A small shallow bowl, covered by a 



white glaze inside and a rose pink glaze outside. The decoration of 

 bamboo is in two tones of green enamel, inlaid in the glaze. Mark : 

 Tung Cheng in blue enamel. 



PAINTINGS 



28.6. Persian, late thirteenth century. Abbasid School. 



28.7. Two leaves from a ms. book, probably a Manafi-al-Hayawan. Each page 



bears a painting of birds and foliage, rendered in water colors and 

 gold. 



28.8. Persian, sixteenth-seventeenth century. Turkish School. A battle scene, 



with mounted warriors, foot soldiers with shields, and a phalanx of 

 chariots. It is rendered in pale colors and gold on a long strip 

 inlaid in a page of manuscript. 



28.9. Persian, early sixteenth century. Bukhara School. A portrait of a 



youthful prince, standing. It is painted in opaque white and green 

 pigment and gold on a ground of pale green. 



28.10. Persian, early seventeenth century. Riza 'AbbasI School. A youth kneel- 



ing and holding out a wine cup. It is painted in black outline with 

 areas of color, and slight gold. 



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