APPENDIX 2 



REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the Thirteenth Annual Report on 

 the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 1933: 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows: 



33.2. Chinese, Chou dynasty. A ceremonial vessel of the type huo, with attached 

 cover. Decorations incised and in low relief. Smooth gray-green 

 patina. Inside the cover, an inscription of 50 characters; 4 characters 

 on the outside. 



CERAMICS 



Pottery: 

 32.58. Chinese, twelfth-thirteenth century. Sung dynasty. Koyao. A bowl 

 with flaring sides and a six-notched rim, on a small basal ring. Grayish 

 green glaze with an irregular brown crackle. 

 S3.1. Chinese, twelfth-thirteenth century. Sung dynasty. T'u ting type? A 

 wine cup with flaring sides on a small basal ring; luminous deep cream- 

 colored glaze. 

 Porcelain: 

 32.63. Chinese, early eighteenth century. Yung Cheng period. Ku Yiieh 

 a-b Hsiian. A small bowl decorated on the outside with a landscape design 

 in blue enamels over glaze. Ivory stand. 



Chinese, Han dynasty. A group of ornamental jades apparently from 

 one source. The substance is for the most part of a translucent greenish 

 gray, with areas of cream- white surface alteration and brown fleckings. 

 The forms are as follows: 



32.38. Crescent-shaped pendant {huang), with a decoration of tiger heads and 



the "grain pattern" of small nodules, carved in relief on both sides. 



32.39. Pendant of double bird design, with open work carving and the "grain 



pattern" in relief on both sides. 



32.40. Pendant in bird form, with open-work carving and incised details on both 



sides. 



32.41. A small disk (pi), with the "grain pattern" in relief on both sides. 



32.42. Oblong pendant with the "grain pattern" in relief on both sides. 



32.43. Plaque of animal form, with details of the design carved on both sides. 



32.44. Plaque of animal form, similar to the preceding one. 

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