Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 



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

 the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 1954. 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Thirty-eight objects were added to the collections by purchase as 

 follows : 



53.80. Chinese, Late Cbou dynasty (4th-3cl century B. C). Pair of cast-bronze 



53.81. finials ; design inlaid with gold and silver ; some earthy incrustations and 

 green patina. 0.040 x 0.061. 



53.82. Chinese, Late Chou dynasty (4th-3d century B. C). Gilt-bronze belt hook 



inlaid with carved and plain jade, covered here and there with green 

 patination. 0.054 x 0.0'JO. 



53.83. Chinese, Early Chou dynasty (llth-lOth century B. C). Bronze cere- 



monial tripod vessel with cover, of type chio; decorations in intaglio and 

 low relief; gray-colored bronze with patches of malachite and azurite. 

 Inscription of 16 characters inside opposite handle and repeated inside 

 cover. 0.224 x 0.095. (Illustrated.) 



53.88. Chinese, Late Chou dynasty (4th-3d century B. C). Gilt-bronze open- 



work belt hook ; designs inlaid with turquoise. Length : 0.245. 



54.13. Chinese, Shang dynasty (12th-llth century B. C). Vessel of the type 



fang i ; smooth gray to green iiatina ; decorations cast in low relief and 

 intaglio. Inscription of one character inside body near lip. 0.191 x 

 0.107 X 0.077. 



54.14. Chinese, Han dynasty (207 B. C-A. D. 220). Cast-bronze fitting, green 



patina. 0.150 x 0.040. 



54.15. Chinese, Shang dynasty (12th-llth century B. C). Ceremonial vessel of 



the type chiieh ; decorations cast in relief and intaglio ; gray-green patina 

 with flecks of cuprite; four-character inscription under handle. 0.232 x 

 0.187 X 0.103. 



JADE 



54.7. Chinese, Late Chou dynasty (4th-3d century B. C). Ornament; nephrite, 

 white to mottled shades of brown. 0.057 x 0.050. 



METALWORK 



53.92 Persian, 3d to 7th century A. D., Sasanian period. Bottle stand consisting 

 of a ring held up by four pairs of uprights fixed to a wide flat base, each 

 pair framing a standing eagle. Broken and put together. 0.0S5 x 0.178. 



53.89. Syrian, 14th century, Mamluk period. Plate, inlaid with silver and gold to 



form designs of birds and other animals and inscriptions in circular 

 bands. Some of the silvery inlay and nearly ail the gold has fallen 

 out. 0.032 X 0.289. 



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