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Indian arts : 



Bronze 1 



Manuscript pages 2 



Paintings 101 



Stone sculpture 3 



Japanese arts: Painting 6 



Korean arts: Pottery 23 



Persian arts : 



Gold 2 



Metalwork 14 



Syrian arts : 



Brass 5 



Glass 13 



In connection with the Centennial celebration of the Smithsonian 

 Institution a special exhibition showing representative examples of 

 Chinese art from the Neolithic age to the eighteenth century was 

 assembled in Gallery XIII from the material in the collections. A 

 special Gallery Book accompanied this exhibition. 



In connection with the Symposium on Byzantine Studies held at the 

 Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection a special exhibition 

 of late classical and early Christian art was assembled in Gallery VI 

 from materials in the collections. 



STUDY COLLECTIONS 



A notable addition to the study collections of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution was the material given by Dr. Ernst Herzfeld, of Princeton, 

 N. J. This gift, known as the Herzfeld Archive, was made to the 

 Smithsonian Institution with proviso that it be deposited in, and held 

 under the direction of, the Freer Gallery of Art, but not to be consid- 

 ered a part of the Freer Collection. Dr. Herzfeld's letter of trans- 

 mittal to Dr. Wetmore was dated April 24, 1946, and the material 

 reached the Gallery on June 6 ; but the time required to unpack the 

 cases and make a preliminary check of the contents prevented its inclu- 

 sion in the annual report dated July 1, 1946. 



The material was collected by Dr. Herzfeld between the years 

 1903 and 1936 in the course of archeological expeditions to the Near 

 East which included excavations at Samarra, Sistan, F'asargadae, and 

 Persepolis. While a detailed catalog has yet to be completed, the 

 following brief list suggests the scope and nature of the Archive : 



1. 80 wooden boxes containing 50 negatives each. Catalog of the nega- 



tives. 16 files of blueprints. 



2. Several hundred large drawings, water colors, plans and maps of Oriental 



buildings, sculpture, objects of art, etc, A number of squeezes of 

 inscriptions. 



3. 45 sketchbooks of original surveys made in the field. A number of box 



files with notes, texts of inscriptions, inventories, dummies for publica- 

 tions, etc. 



