APPENDIX 4 

 REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



Sm: I have the honor to submit the nineteenth annual report on 

 the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 1939 : 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows : 



38.20. Chinese, early Chou dynasty, (1122-947 B. C). A ceremonial vessel of 

 the type kuei (or chiu or tui). Pale yellow bronze with a thin, scattered 

 malachite and cuprite patination inside and out. Inscription of 11 

 characters inside. 0.278 by 0.341 over all; base 0.198 by 0.187. (Illus- 

 trated.) 



39.6. Chinese, late Chou dynasty, middle fifth century B. C. A large basin 

 of the type chien. White bronze with an even, pale green patination 

 sprinkled with granular encrustations. Inscription of six characters 

 inside. 0.227 by 0.518 over all. (Illustrated.) 



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39.34. Chinese, Shang (Yin) and late Chou dynasties, twelth to third century 

 B. C. Twenty-nine carved jades. (39.16. 39.29, 39.30 illustrated.) 



MANUSCRIPT 



38.19. Arabic (Egypt), fifteenth century. The 18th juz' of the Quran. The 

 text is written in black thidth script with additions in red, five lines to 

 a page, on 48 paper leaves, sewed. Four illuminated head-pieces; 

 illuminated verse-stops and marginal marks. 0.370 by 0.263 (average 

 leaf). 



PAINTING 



38.18. Chinese, dated in correspondence with A. D. 1369. Ming dynasty. By 

 Sung K'o. Bamboo. Ink on paper. Signature and seal. Forty-three 

 other seals plus one on the label. Three inscriptions. Makimono: 

 0.249 by 0.981. 



39.1. Chinese, dated in correspondence with A. D. 1552. Ming dynasty. By 



Wen Pi (Cheng-ming), 1470-1567. A river landscape. In ink and 

 transparent color on paper. Nineteen seals on the picture proper; 30 

 seals on the mount. Title and colophon written and signed by the 

 artist. Makimono: 1.415 by 0.305. 



39.2. Chinese, Ming dynasty. By Shgn Chou, 1427-1509. A river landscape. 



In ink and transparent color on paper. Inscription with signature and 

 9 seals on the picture proper; 6 inscriptions and 36 seals on the mount. 

 Makimono: 1.690 by 0.248. 

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