APPENDIX 4 



REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



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

 Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 1940 : 



THE CGLLECnONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows : 



BAMBOO 



30.7&- 



39.79. Chinese, seventeenth-eighteenth century. By Chang Shih-huang. Two 

 brush-holders with landscape designs, inscriptions and signatures 

 carved in delicate relief. Heights: 0.122 and 0.106 respectively. 



BBONZE 



39.38. Chinese, Eastern Han dynasty, dated in correspondence with A. D. 174. 

 A mirror. Smooth black patina ; decoration and inscription in counter- 

 sunk relief. Diameter: 0.182. 



39.39- 



39.40. Chinese, late Shang dynasty, fourteenth-twelfth century B. C. Two 



ceremonial weapons of the type ki, each ornamented on both sides 

 with turquoise inlay. Rough green patina. Lengths : 0.393 and 0.391, 

 respectively. 



39.41. Chinese, late Chou dynasty, fifth-third century B. C. A ceremonial 



vessel of the type tou. Granular, bluish green patination ; design 

 inlaid with gold. 0.151x0.189 over all. 



39.52. Chinese, "Western Chin dynasty, third century A. D. A mirror. White 



bronze patinated in black, gray, and green with earthy encrustations. 

 On the back, concentric zones of mythological and legendary subjects 

 in high and countersunk relief. A dedicatory inscription of 43 char- 

 acters. Diameter: 0.175. 



39.53. Chinese, early Chou dynasty or earlier, twelfth century B. C. A cere- 



monial vessel of the type kuang. White bronze with smooth light 

 gray-green patina. Decoration in linear relief. 0.169 x 0.196 over all. 

 (Illustrated.) 

 40.3. Chinese, late Shang dynasty, fourteenth-twelfth century B. C. A vase 

 of the type ku. White bronze with a green and black patina. Decora- 

 tion in linear relief. Inscription. 0.284x0.157 over all. 



BBONZB AND JADE 



40.10. Chinese, late Shang dynasty, fourteenth-twelfth century B. C. Probably 

 from An-yang. A ceremonial sickle in four parts : three of bronze 

 inlaid with turquoise; one (the blade) of jade decorated in linear 

 relief with notched back and ground edge. 0.345x0.175 over all (when 

 assembled with all parts in contact). (Illustrated.) 



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