58 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1924 



pamphlet giving general information about the galleiy and collec- 

 tions has reached a third printing of 3,000 copies. One thousand 

 four hundred and eighty-two copies of the foregoing publications 

 have been sold at the north entrance and on order. 

 Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows : 



BRONZE, CHINESE 



23.1. Ceremonial vessel of the type chin. Chou dynasty, 1122 to 255 B. C. 



23.2. Toilet box of the type lien. Sis Dynasties, sixth century (?). 



PAINTING, INDIAN 



23.3. Jaina Illuminated MS. of the Kalpa Sutra, fifteenth century. 



23.7. Paiicama RaginT. Rajput, Rajasthani. About A. D. 1600. 



23.8. The gracious manifestation of Devi. Rajput, Rajasthani, seventeenth- 

 eighteenth century. 



23.9. The death of Bhisma. Rajput, Pahari (?) seventeenth century (?). 



23.10. Damayanti's Wedding Procession. Rajput, Pahari (Kangra). From 

 the Nala-Damayanti series. Late, eighteenth century. 



23.11. From the Nala-Damayanti series. Rajput, Pahari (Karngra). Late 

 eighteenth century. 



23.12. From the Nala-Damayanti series. Rajput, Pahari (Kaagra) Late 

 eighteenth century. 



23.13. From the Nala-Damayanti series. Rajput, Pahari (Kangra). Late 

 eighteenth century. 



PAINTING, PERSIAN 



23.4. Burning Idols. About A. D. 1350. 



23.5. From a Shah Namah MS. Zohak feasting. About A. D. 1300. 



23.6. Majnun. About A. D. 1500. 



SCULPTURE, CHINESE 



24.1. Taoist divinities and floral designs. Engraved limestone lunette. T'ang 

 dynasty, seventh-eighth century. 



24.2. A Buddhist procession of musicians and a dancer. Limestone relief. 

 T'ang dynasty, eighth-ninth century. 



Additions to the library, by gift and purchase, comprise 7 maps, 

 134 pamphlets, and 145 books and periodicals in various Asiatic and 

 European languages. A list of these additions accompanies this re- 

 port. (Appendix A, not printed.) The necesary work of examin- 

 ing the Chinese texts for omissions and duplications due to faulty 

 printing and binding has been begun and is still under way. Sev- 

 enty-four volumes of European books have been rebound. 



BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT 



The workshop has built during the year, one 15-foot case, three 

 12-foot cases, and two 9-foot cases, with easels to be placed in them; 

 also, four 70-inch cases, two small square cases, and six stands for 



