44 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 195 



49.19. Persian, Kashan {circa A. D. 1200). Double-shell ewer with rooster-head 



neck and tail-shaped handle. Ajour6 work with black design and cobalt 

 spots under turquoise glaze. Slight iridescence in spots. 0.291 x 0.181. 



SCULPTURE 



49.9. Indian, Gandhara {circa A. D. 2d century). Frieze showing four scenes 

 from the life of the Buddha: Birth, Enlightenment, First Preaching, 

 Nirvana. Carved in high relief on seven pieces of dark gray-blue slate. 

 0.670 X 2.898 x 0.098. 



49.20. Japanese, Kamakura period (A. D. 1185-1333). Guardian figure in an 



attitude of violent tension: skirt swinging to proper left, remains of 

 jeweled pendant on bare torso; cleaned and repaired; inscription on 

 tennon below left foot. Wood. Pair with 49.21. Height: 2.264. 



49.21. Japanese, Kamakura period (A. D. 1185-1333). Guardian figure in an 



attitude of violent tension: skirt swinging to proper right, remains of 

 Jeweled pendant on bare torso; cleaned and repaired. Wood. Pair 

 with 49.20. Height: 2.335. 



WOOD CARVING 



49.7 Persian, Seljuq (A. D. 1148 [543 H.]). A pair of doors. Arabesques and 

 A-B. inscription in kufic and decorative naskhi in various compartments; on 



back, frames with incised geometric designs and undecorated boards. 

 A: 2.278 x 0.625; B: 2.280 x 0.610. 



49.8 Persian, Mongol period (A. D. 1285 [684 H.]). A pair of doors. Ara- 

 A-B. besque designs on one side, geometrical strapwork with decorated polyg- 

 onal inserts and] framing naskhi inscriptions on the other. Many of 

 the polygonal inserts lost and substituted by plain modern ones. A: 

 2.147 X 0.555; B: 2.172 x 0.550. 



The work of the staff members has been devoted to the study of new 

 accessions and objects submitted for purchase and to general research 

 within the collections of Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, and 

 Indian materials. Keports, oral or written, were made upon 2,236 

 objects, as follows: From individuals, 1,075; from dealers, 837; at 

 other museums, 324. There were 505 photographs of objects sub- 

 mitted for examination, and 295 Oriental-language inscriptions were 

 translated. Docent service and other lectures given by staff members 

 are listed below. 



REPAIRS TO THE COLLECTIONS 



A total of 20 objects were cleaned, resurfaced, remounted, or 

 repaired as follows: 



American paintings cleaned and resurfaced 6 



Chinese paintings remounted 2 



Chinese paintings repaired 1 



Japanese paintings remounted 5 



Japanese paintings repaired 1 



Arabic manuscript pages repaired 1 



Persian manuscript pages repaired 2 



Japanese sculptures repaired 2 



