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63.7. Turkish, Ottoman period, mid-16th century, isnik ware. Plate with a 



design of zinnias, pomegi-anates, and hyacinths in light blue, purple, 

 and white on dark blue groimd, on the inside; and of two tulips 

 alternating with a zinnia in light and dark blue on white ground on 

 outside wall. Small area along the upper right edge lost and replaced 

 by painted plaster, nicks along edge ; two holes in ring-foot for sus- 

 pension. Height: 0.058: diameter: 0.312. 



REPAIRS TO THE COLLECTION 



Twentj-four Chinese and Japanese paintings and screens were re- 

 stored, repaired, or remounted by T. Sugiura, Oriental picture 

 mounter. F. A. Haentsclike, illustrator, remounted 34 Persian paint- 

 ings. Repairs and regilding of six frames for American paintings 

 were done outside the Gallery. 



CHANGES IN EXHIBITIONS 



Changes in exhibitions amounted to 373, which were as follows: 



Japanese art: 



Paintings 79 



Pottery 27 



Lacquer 12 



American art: 



Paintings 11 



Chinese art: 



Bronzes 4 



Christian art: 



Manuscripts 20 



Stone sculpture 1 



Indian art : 



Paintings 28 



Wood 8 



Near Eastern art: 



Metalwork 44 



Manuscripts 82 



Paintings 79 



Pottery 83 



UBRARY 



The library has been coming into full use with the recent intro- 

 duction of courses in Oriental Art in the local colleges and universities. 

 The graduate and midergraduate students, many of whom have used 

 our collection for research, as well as the three students on fellowships 

 studying at the Gallery this past year, have given an impetus to 

 the "diffusion of knowledge." 



During the year, 472 items (books, pamphlets, periodical paits) 

 were acquired by the library ; 258 of these were by purchase and 214 

 by exchange and gift. Nineteen microfilms augmented the collection, 

 and the study file increased by 1,069 photograplis. 



The year's cataloging projects included a total of 900 entries; 596 

 analytics were made and 199 new titles of books, pamphlets, and 

 microfilms were cataloged. Additions to the sets of books numbered 

 115, and 3,151 cards were added to the card catalog. Only 11 per- 

 cent of these were available as printed cards; nearly 90 percent of 

 the cataloging is original work. 



