52 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1941 



JADE AND BBONZE 



41.4. Chinese, Shang dynasty, twelfth century B. O. A ceremonial imple- 



ment : the blade of mottled gray-brown and. white nephrite mounted 

 in bronze closely inlaid with turquoise; socket for vertical shafting; 

 scattered malachite incrustations. Length: 0.213. 



41.5. Chinese, Shang dynasty, twelfth century B. O. A ceremonial weapon 



of the type ko: the blade of mottled white nephrite, the tang of 

 bronze ornamented with turquoise inlay ; malachite incrustations. 

 0.418 X 0.223 over all. 



MANUSOBIPTS 



40.16. Arabic (Persia), thirteenth-fourteenth century. A book bound in 



tooled brown leather (repaired) : Juz' XVII of the Qur'an. Text in 

 thulth script on 144 paper leaves, three lines to a page, with interlinear 

 "Persian translation in naskhl scriot. Illuminated pages, chapter 

 headings and marginal ornaments. 0.277 x 0.178 (single leaf). 

 (Illustrated.) 



40.19. Arabic (Persia?), fourteenth century. An illuminated frontispiece 



from an unidentified book. Naskhi script in white on a gold ground ; 

 floral scrolls in gold on dark blue and light green; gold borders. 

 Paper : 0.393 x 0.290 ; illumination : 0.276 x 0.214. 



PAINTING 



40.17. Indian, Mughal-Rajput, seventeenth centry. A woman standing. 



In color and gold on paper. 0.127 x 0.063. 

 40.21. Indian, Rajput (Deccan), early seventeenth century. A woman receiv- 

 ing travelers at the door of a house. In opaque color (somewhat 

 worn) on paper. 0.122 x 0.222. 

 40.12- Persian, Mongol (Il-Khan) period, early fourteenth century. Two 

 40.13. additional illustrations belonging to our SMhnamah ms. 30.1, painted 



in colors, silver (darkened) , black and gold on paper . 

 .12. Siyawush attended by Rustam receiving the homage of Garsiwaz. 



0.095 X 0.115. 

 .13. Bizhan in bonds before Afrasiyab. 0.092 x 0.115. 

 40.14- Persian, Mongol (Il-Khan) period, early 14th century. Tvvo illus- 

 40.15. trations from a Shdhnamah, painted in colors, gold and black on 



paper. 

 .14. Piran presents young Khusraw to Afrasiyab. 0.044x0.083. 

 .15. Prisoners of war brought before Shah Kawus. 0.055 x 0.121. 



40.18. Persian, sixteenth-seventeenth century. A group of dervishes. Line 



drawing in black, red, and blue Inks; lightly tinted. 0.163 x 0.100. 



40.20. Persian, Timurid, fifteenth century. An illustration on a leaf from a 



Shahndmah: Shah Kawiis and Kai Khusraw approach the sacred 

 fire. Painted in colors and gold on paper. 0.095 x 0.160. 



POECELAIN AND POTTEEY 



41.2. Chinese, K'ang HsI period, seventeenth-eighteenth century. A porce- 

 lain flask, covered with a luminous, pale green glaze. Date mark 

 in blue enamel under the foot. Height, 0.210. 



