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32.8. The nuptials of Mihr and Naliid. 



Color and gold on paper. 



32.9. Persian, 16th-17th century, Safavid school. By Aqa Riza. Lady with 



a fan. Color and gold on paper. 



32.10. Indian, 17th century. Rajput. Pahari, Basohli school. A lady and 



attendant beside a lotus pool. Color, gold and silver (oxidized) on 

 paper. 



32.11. Indian, early 19th century, Rajput. Pahari, Kangra. Dressing the 



bride. Color and gold on paper. 



32.12. Indian, lSth-19th century. Rajput. Pahari, Garhwal. By Mola Ram 



(1760-1833). Krsna holding the hill Govardhana to protect the people 

 of Brndaban and their cattle from the rain poured down by Indra. 

 Color and gold on paper. 



32.19. Arabic (Northern Mesopotamia), middle 14th century. Leaf from a copy 



after the 13th century treatise on Automata by al-Jazari : part of a 

 water-clock with the figure of a man seated on a balcony, the so-called 

 " Saladin " figure. Color and gold on paper. 

 Arabic, early 13th century. Baghdad school. By Abdallah ibn al-Fadl. 

 Three leaves from an Arabic translation of the pharmacological 

 treatise of Dioscorides : 



32.20. Two physicians preparing medicine ; 



32.21. Two men preparing to sow seed ; 



32.22. A physician and his assistant under a fruit tree. Color and gold on 



paper. 



SILVEE-GILT 



31.17. Chinese, T'ang dynasty. A covered cup, ornamented with delicate line 

 engraving. 



Curatorial woi'k within the collection has been devoted to the com- 

 pletion of a detailed studj^ of a Japanese mandara painting (29.2) ; 

 to a study of the Indian manuscript, Vasanta Vildsa (32.24) ; to a 

 critical study of the ancient Armenian manuscript of the Four Gos- 

 pels (32.18) — a work still in progress at the time of this report; and 

 to the study and recording of inscriptions on certain Buddhist stone 

 sculptures and of inscriptions and seals on Chinese paintings. In 

 the section of Near Eastern painting, translations of the text on 

 recently acquired Persian manuscripts have been made and recorded, 

 and the subjects of the miniatures identified. Besides these textual 

 studies, the usual WTirk involved in cataloguing new acquisitions in 

 metal, jade, bronze, and painting has occupied members of the staff. 

 The Fenollosa collection of lantern slides of Chinese, Japanese, anc"" 

 other Eastern subjects, numbering approximately 3,000, all without 

 labels, as acquired by Mr. Freer in 1909, has been worked over, sub- 

 jects identified as far as possible, and the slides labeled and stored. 

 These are now available as illustrative material, in addition to the 

 Freer collection slides. 



During the year 1,155 objects and 399 photographs of objects 

 were submitted to the curator by other institutions or by private 

 persons for expert opinion as to their identity, provenance, or histor- 



