APPENDIX 4 



Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the Thirty-third Annual Report on 

 the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 1953. 



THE COLLECTIONS 

 Additions to the collections by purchase were as follows : 



BRONZE 



52.28. Chinese, Northern Wei dynasty (A. D. 386-535). Standing Buddha image 

 of gilt bronze on a low four-legged platform ; removable mandorla deco- 

 rated with flames and floral patterns cast in low relief. 0.359 x 0.144. 

 (Illustrated.) 



53.62. Chinese, Shang dynasty (ca. 1525-1028 B. C). Cast socketed dagger-ax 



of the type ch'ii Ico. Decorations in relief and intaglio ; patination mala- 

 chite with spots of cuprite. 0.236 x 0.068. 



JADE 



53.9. Chinese, Shang dynasty (ca. 1525-1028 B. C). Very light, translucent, 

 greenish nephrite ornament mask. Carved in relief and incised. Rear 

 side i)ierced with six holes for fastening, and a central hole running 

 from top to bottom. 0.046 x 0.041 x 0.006. 



LACQUER 



53.8. Chinese, Chou dynasty (ca. 3d century B. C). Brown lacquer bowl with 

 decorations overlaid in red and flat lacquer. 0.055 x 0.271. 



53.63. Chinese, Ming dynasty, Wan-li period (A. D. 1573-1619). Red lacquer 



box with cover ; decorations carved in relief and countersunk decoration 

 carved in black and tan intaglio. 0.132 x 0.323. 



53.64. Chinese, Ming dynasty, Yung-lo period (A. D. 1403-1425). Red lacquer 



box with cover ; decorations carved in relief and countersunk intaglio. 

 0.079 x 0.266. 

 53.69. Chinese, Ming dynasty, Ilsiian-te period (A. D. 1426-1435). Red lacquer 

 box with cover; decorations carved in relief and countersunk intaglio. 

 0.045 X 0.098. 



MANUSCRIPT 



53.71. Persian, mid-16th century (A. D. 1557). A leaf from Yusuf-u-Zulaikha by 



Jami. Persian text in black nasta'liq in two columns. Text inlaid in 

 larger leaf of rose color with designs in gold (ibexes, deer, birds). 

 0.254 X 0.151. 



53.72. Persian, mid-16th century (A. D. 1557). A leaf from YUsuf-u-Zulaikhd by 



Jami. Persian text in black nasta'liq in two columns with two-line 

 caption in red. Text inlaid in larger leaf of rose color with arabesques 

 and animal designs in gold. 0.253 x 0.151. 



53.73. Persian, mid-l6th century (A. D. 1557). A leaf from Yusuf-u-Zulaikha by 



Jami. Persian text in black nasta'liq in two columns with two-line 

 caption in red. Text inlaid in larger leaf of rose color with animals 

 in landscai)e and birds in floral rinceaux. respectively. 0.254 x 0.150. 



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