46 ANNUAL BEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1940 



POTTEBT 



89.42. Chinese, late Shang dynasty, fourteenth-twelfth century B. C. From 

 Au-yang. A jar (mouth chipped and repaired) of soft, white, un- 

 glazed clay. The decoration is carved in countersunk relief in two 

 registers. Three pierced knobs of water-buffalo design. 0.332 x 0.305 

 over all. 



39.61- 



39.77. Chinese, Ming to Ch'ing dynasties, sixteenth-nineteenth (?) century. 

 I-hsing pottery. Seventeen objects of brown, red, or gray polished, 

 unglazed clay: 



39.61. Tea-pot, sixteenth century (?) Attribution to Kung Ch'un. 



39.62. Tea-pot, seventeenth century. By Shih Ta-pin. 



39.63. Tea-pot, seventeenth century. By Shih Ta-piu. 



39.64. Tea-ix)t, dated in correspondence with A. D. 1620. By Li Chung-fang. 



39.65. Tea-pot, seventeenth century. By Hsti Yu-ch'iian. 



39.66. Tea-pot, seventeenth century. By Ch'&n Ch'en (styled Kung-chih). 



39.67. Tea-pot, dated in correspondence with A. D. 1642. By Sh^n TzQ-ch'g. 



39.68. Tea-pot, sixteenth-seventeenth century. By Ch'en Ming-yiiau. 



39.69. Tea-pot, sixteenth-seventeenth century. By Ch'en Ming-yiian. 



39.70. Tea-pot, eighteenth century. By Ch'Sn Han-w^n. 



39.71. Water-pot, sixteenth-seventeenth century. By Ch'en Ming-yiian. 



39.72. Water-pot, sixteenth-seventeenth century. By Ch'^n Ming-yiian. 



39.73. Incense-box, sixteenth-seventeenth century. By Ch'en Ming-yiian. 



39.74. Brush-rest, sixteenth-seventeenth century. By Ch'^n Ming-yiian. 



39.75. Oval cup, nineteenth century (?). By Ch'6ng-chai. 



39.76. Octagonal cup, nineteenth century (?). By Ch'^ng-chal. 



39.77. Fluted cup, nineteenth century (?). By Ch'6ng-chai. 



Curatorial work has been devoted to the study and recording of the 

 new acquisitions listed above, and to other Chinese, Arabic, Persian, 

 East Indian, Aramaic, and Armenian manuscripts or art objects 

 either already in the permanent collection or submitted for purchase. 

 Other Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Persian, Egyptian, American, and 

 European objects were sent or brought to the Director by their 

 owners for information as to identity, provenance, quality, date, in- 

 scriptions, and so on. In all, 1,093 objects and 263 photographs of 

 objects were so submitted, and written or oral reports upon them 

 were made to the institutiong or private owners requesting this 

 service. Written translations of 21 inscriptions in Oriental lan- 

 guages also were made upon request. 



Forty changes were made in exhibition as follows: 



Chinese bronze 21 



Chinese painting 7 



East Indian painting 12 



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