REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 53 



41.7. Chinese, Sung dynasty. Incense burner. Soft paste pottery covered 

 with a glossy, celadon blue glaze. 0.095 x 0.110 over all. 



40.22. Persian, Kashan, early fourteenth century. Bowl, of a soft sandy 

 body; the decoration painted in gold luster on a white ground. 

 0.083 X 0.200. (Illustrated.) 



The work of the curatorial staff has been devoted to the study and 

 recording of the new acquisitions listed above, and to other Arabic, 

 Armenian, Cliinese, East Indian, Japanese, Persian, and Syrian art 

 objects and manuscripts either already in the collection or submitted 

 for purchase. Other Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Persian, European, 

 and American objects were sent or brought to the Director by their 

 owners for information as to identity, provenance, quality, date, or 

 inscriptions. In all, 693 objects and 180 photographs of objects were 

 so submitted, and written or oral reports upon them were made to 

 the institutions or private owners requesting this service. Written 

 translations of 24 inscriptions in oriental languages were made upon 

 request, several bibliographies compiled, articles and reviews written, 

 and several Gallery publications revised. 



Eighty-four changes were made in exhibition as follows: 



Chinese bronze and jade 1 



Chinese jade 44 



Chinese marble 1 



Chinese painting 8 



Chinese pottery 30 



Repairs, etc., to the collection were as follows : 



American painting 1 



Chinese panel painting 5 



Chinese scroll painting 6 



Persian pottery 2 



Maps, blueprints mounted 13 



ATTENDANCE 



The Gallery has been open to the public every day from 9 until 

 4 : 30 o'clock, with the exception of Mondays, Christmas Day, and 

 New Year's Day. 



The total attendance of visitors coming in at the main entrance 

 was 111,656. One hundred and twentj-eight other visitors on Mon- 

 days make the grand total 111,784. The total attendance for week 

 days, exclusive of Mondays, was 79,246 ; Sundays 32,410. The aver- 

 age week-day attendance was 305; the average Sunday attendance, 

 623. The highest monthly attendance was, as usual, in April, with 

 14,280 visitors ; the lowest in January, with 5,901. 



