Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the 44th annual report on the Freer 

 Gallery of Art, for the year ended June 30, 1964. 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Twenty-two objects were added to the collections by purchase as 

 follows : 



METALWORK 



63.15. Persian, Achaemenid, 6th/5th century B.C. Wild goat, rearing, with 



front legs bent double. Gold, hollow ; a band of fine gold wire over 

 center of body. Originally one of two handles of an amphora- 

 shaped vase. Cf . 64.6. Three small holes. Height : 0.196 ; weight : 

 5 oz. ( Illustrated. ) 



64.3. Persian, Sasanian, 6th/7th century A.D. Vase, silver, partially gilded ; 



triangular notched design repeated three times ; tri-lobed leaf mold- 

 ing around neck. Height : 0.175 ; diameter (at rim) : 0.057 ; weight : 

 1 lb. 61/2 oz. 



64.6. Persian, Achaemenid, 6th/5th century B.C. Wild goat, rearing, with 



front legs bent double, standing on a tube-like support with chevron 

 pattern and a central rib in relief. Gold, hollow; a band of fine 

 gold wire over center of body. Originally one of two handles of an 

 amphora-shaped vase. Cf. 63.15. Cracks in front of neck and ears. 

 Length : 0.226 ; weight : 4% oz. ( lUustrated. ) 



PAINTING 



64.2. Chinese, Ming, by Liu Chiieh (1410-72). Landscape, with bamboo 



grove. Five inscriptions and 10 seals on the painting ; 1 seal on the 

 mounting preceding the painting ; colophon with 1 seal following the 

 painting. Label on outside mount. Height: 0.336; width: 0.578. 

 (Illustrated.) 



64.5. Chinese, Ch'ing, Yang-chou school, by Lo P'ing (1733-99). Album 



of 12 leaves: landscapes and figures; dated 1774. Painted in ink 

 and colors on paper. Title on outside mount ; artist's inscription and 

 seal on each leaf; collector's inscription and two seals on mount- 

 ing beside last leaf. Height : 0.241 ; width : 0.305. 



63.4. Indian, Mughal, ea. 1588 (996 H.) , attributed to 'Abdl al-§amad Shirin 



Qalam. Leaf from the Jahangir album : Verso : Jamshid writing on 

 a rock, retainers in landscape ; border of gold flowers and colored 

 birds. Recto: calligraphy {nasta'ltq by Mir 'All) ; marginal design 

 with small human figures in gold landscape. Small areas of pig- 

 ments chipped off. Height : 0.420 ; width : 0.265. 

 63.2. Japanese, Ashikaga, Muromachi Suiboku school, by Oguri Soritsu 



(16th century). Willows and birds; stimi on paper. Kakemono: 

 height : 1.105 ; width : 0.520. 



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