APPENDIX 3 



REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



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

 Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 1936 : 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows : 



36.7. Persian, dated A. H. 607 (A. D. 1210). A pen-box; dark gray patina. 

 The decoration is inlaid in silver and includes inscriptions in naskhi 

 script embellished with human and animal heads. 0.050 by 0.314 by 

 0.064. (Illustrated.) 



BRONZE 



35.21-35.22. Chinese, early Chou dynasty. A pair of tigers. White bronze 

 with an even green patina and traces of earth adhesions. Dec- 

 oration in low relief. 



.21. Length, 0.752, height, 0.252 over all, weight, 48y2 lbs. 

 .22. Length, 0.759, height, 0.251 over all, weight, 531/2 lbs. 

 (Illustrated.) 



36.3. Chinese, earlier than the Han dynasty. A mirror-back. Dull brown 



patina with areas of green aerugo and earthy incrustation. Decorated 

 with a design of dragons, inlaid in gold and silver. Diameter, 0.195. 

 (Illustrated.) 



36.4. Chinese, Han dynasty ; dated in correspondence with A. D. 202. A 



mirror. Shiny black patina and occasional spots of light green aerugo. 

 The back is decorated with figures of cosmic deities and symbols in 

 high relief. Inscription. Diameter, 0.134. (Illustrated.) 

 36.6. Chinese, Chou dynasty. A ceremonial covered vessel of the type htio, in 

 the form of an elephant ; with a second elephant in miniature on the 

 cover. Light apple-green patina. The surface is ornamented with 

 formalized designs in low relief. 0.172 by 0.212 by 0.106 over all, 

 (Illustrated.) 



MANUSCEIPT 



36.9-36.12. Persian, sixteenth century. Four leaves from a manuscript book of 

 Yusuf u-Ztilaikhd by Jami. Each leaf of manuscript is inlaid in 

 a larger leaf of colored paper upon which border-designs of ani- 

 mals, birds, plants, and rocks, or of floral scrolls, are executed 

 in gold. 0.252 by 0.150 over all. 



PAINTING 



36.1. Indian, Mughal-Rajput, seventeenth century. Two ladies attended by 

 serving women and musicians seated under a flowering locust tree. 

 Delicate colors and gold on paper. 0.216 by 0.146. 

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