50 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1952 



SCULPTURE 



51.21. Japanese, Suiko period, A. D. 7th century, middle. Gilt bronze figure of a 

 Bodhisattva standing on a lotus pedestal. 0.338 x 0.113. (Illustrated.) 



REPAIRS TO THE COLLECTION 



Cleaning and restoration of 12 American paintings were completed 

 by John and Richard Finlayson of Boston. 



CHANGES IN EXHIBITIONS 



Changes in exhibitions totaled 198 as follows : 



American art : 



Oil paintings 70 



Pastels 30 



Silverpoints 2 



Water colors 28 



Chinese art : 



Paintings 50 



Pottery 2 



Egyptian art : 



Crystal 1 



Persian art: 



Metalwork 14 



Veneto-Islamic art : 



Metalwork 1 



LIBRARY 



Accession of books, pamphlets, periodicals, rubbings, and photo- 

 graphs totaled 775 pieces; and additional study materials included 

 a stone implement and several hundred pottery shards. Cataloging 

 of all kinds, including cards typed and filed, covered 4,688 items, while 

 9 bibliographies were prepared in reply to letters and 140 bibliographic 

 entries were made on Gallery folder sheets. A total of 567 items were 

 bound, labeled, repaired, or mounted. The card catalog was revised 

 to facilitate reference to analytical material shelved in the Periodical 

 Room. Work on the indexing of both the English and Japanese 

 editions of the Japanese periodical Kokka continued. The establish- 

 ment of the technical research laboratory with its specialized library 

 and new field of subject headings and bibliography problems has 

 increased and broadened the work of the library. 



PUBLICATIONS 



One publication of the Gallery was issued during the year : 



Title page and contents, Occasional Papers, vol. I, 1951. ( Smithsonian Publica- 

 tion 4049.) 



