Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 



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

 Freer Gallery of Art, for the year ended June 30, 1960. 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Twenty objects were added to the collections by purchase as follows : 



BRONZE 



59.14. Chinese, Shang or early Cbou, 11th century B.C. Vessel of the type 



chih. Light green patination. Design in relief. Six character inscrip- 

 tion on both the lid and the inside bottom of the ves.sel. Width : 0.153, 

 height: 0.243. (Illustrated.) 



59.15. Chinese, Shang dynasty. Vessel of the type tinff, with a raised nipple 



design on squares of something resembling the thunder pattern. These 

 squares and the dragon band just below the lip are incised and filled 

 with some sort of black inlay. The patina is green with traces of 

 azurite. Inside is an inscription of four characters. Width: 0.167, 

 height: 0.204. 



LACQUER 



C0.7. Japanese. Edo period, ca. A.D. 1650. Spouted bowl with cover ; wood base ; 

 of the type termed Hidehira, with Christian symbol. 0.151 x 0.235. 



PAINTING 



59.17. Chinese, dated in correspondence with A.D. 1354, Yiian dynasty, by Wang 

 Along. Landscape: "Secluded Dwellings in the Summer Mountains." 

 Kakemono; ink and touches of light color on silk. One inscription 

 and 10 seals on the painting. 0.568 x 0.342. 



60.1. Chinese, Sung dynasty, attributed to Fan-lung, 12th century, Arhats. 

 Nineteen seals on the painting and traces of one four-character in- 

 scription, effaced and illegible. Five colophons, aco(.mpanied by a 

 total of 23 seals. Makimono; ink on paper. 0.305 x 10.625. 



00.2. Chinese, Sung or Yiian dynasty, attributed to Tzu-wen (Jih-kuan), fl. 

 mid-13th century. Grapevines. One inscription and two seals on the 

 painting. Kakemono ; ink on silk. 0.425 x 0.984. 



60.3. Chinese, Ming dynasty, 15th or early 16th century, copy after (?) 



Chao Ling-jang. A pond in autumn. Eleven seals on the painting; 

 four on the mount preceding the painting, and one on the mount fol- 

 lowing. Seven colophons, accompanied by a tohil of 68 seals. Maki- 

 mono ; colors on silk. 0.241 x 1.875. 



60.4. Chinese, Sung dynasty, or earlier, Ln the style of Chou Fang. Ladies 



playing "double-sixes." No seals or inscriptions. Fragment of 39.37. 

 Painted In ink and colors on silk. 0.297 x 0.154. 



59.12. Japanese, Edo period. Ukiyoe. Miyagawa ChOsuu (1082-1752). Festivals 



of the Twelve Months. 14.2 x 0.313. 



59.13. Japanese, Kamakura jioriod, Yamato-e school. Yfizu Nemhutsu Engi, 



dated 1329. Makimono ; ink, color and gold on paper. One of a pair : 

 58.11. 0.267 X 11.161. 

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