APPENDIX 3 



REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



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

 Freer Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 1932 : 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows : 



BOOKBINDING 



31.30. Persian, 16th century. Painted lacquer binding of the volume Khusraw 

 u-Shtrln, by Nizaml. (See below under Manuscripts, 31.29, and Paint- 



31.31-31.37.) 



BEONZE 



32.13. Chinese, 3d century B. C. (?) Ch'in dynasty (?). A ceremonial food 



vessel with three ducks on the cover; the body has two annular 

 handles and is ornamented with two horizontal bands of interlacing 

 scroll design in delicate relief. Areas of green, blue, and red patination. 



32.14. Chinese, Han dynasty (3d c. B. C.-3d c. A. D.). Fire-gilt dragon head : 



A terminal ornament for a chariot pole. Areas of green patination. 

 32.15-32.16. Chinese, Han dynasty. Two chocks, possibly chariot fittings, orna- 

 mented with a formal design inlaid in gold and silver. 



CERAMICS 



31.18. Chinese, 12th-13th century. Sung dynasty. Tz'u-chou type. A tall, 



wide-lipped flask, glazed in cream-white, and ornamented with a wide 

 band of carved floral design. 



32.23. Persian, 12th-13th century. Khages. Spouted pitcher with a bird in 



high relief on the handle. Ornamented with a band of figures of men 

 and animals, in slight relief, showing traces of color and gold. 



JADE 



31.19. Chinese, Han dynasty. Oval cup, white, with flanged rim. The outer 



surface ornamented with a " rice-grain " pattern, the inner with deli- 

 cate linear designs. The flanges are pierced. 



MANUSCRIPTS 



31.24. Arabic (Egypt), 14th century. Illuminated title leaf from a Qur'an. 



Paper. 

 31.29. Persian, 15th century. A bound book, Khusraw fi-Shirtn, by Nizaml. 

 Painted lacquer binding (see above under Bookhindlnff, 31.30), illumi- 

 nated title leaf and six miniatures. (See below under Paintings, 

 31.31-31.37.) 

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