APPENDIX 3 

 REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the fourteenth annual report on 

 the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 1934: 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows: 



BOOKBINDING 



34.17. Persian, sixteenth century. Qur'an binding: dark brown leather (out- 



side) and Hght brown leather (inside). Decoration in gold tooling, 

 gold cut-work, and gold painting. One panel, 0.375 by 0.246. (Illus- 

 trated.) 



BRONZE 



34.3-34.14. Chinese, early Chou dynasty (1122-255 B. C). A group of 12 

 blades for shafted weapons, excavated at An-yang, Honan Prov- 

 ince. Of various forms and sizes, decorated and plain. One 

 inlaid with mother-of-pearl. 

 34.21. Chinese, T'ang dynasty, seventh to tenth century. A gilt bronze box 

 (0.245 by 0.095 by 0.051), with the cover wrought in an open-work 

 floral design, 



CERAMICS 



34.2. Chinese, Ch'ing dynasty, early eighteenth century. Reign of Yung 

 a-b. Cheng, Ku Yiieh Hsiian type. Porcelain bowl (0.053 by 0.102), thin, 



translucent, white. Decoration: plum-blossoms in reserve in a ground 

 of raspberry red enamel. Mark under foot. Ivory stand. 



34.18. Persian, thirteenth century, Rhages (Raiy) type. Pottery inkstand 



(0.077 by 0.109), with four pen sockets. White matte glaze; decor- 

 ated with seated figures and bands of inscription in over-glaze enamels. 



33.13. Syrian (Arabic), fourteenth century. Large bowl (0.210 by 0.350) of 

 clear blown glass, of grayish amber tint. Decoration includes a frieze 

 of animals on the shoulder, a fabulous bird {simurgh) on the bottom 

 inside, and an inscription inside — in polychrome enamels and gold; 

 series of borders in gold line work. (Illustrated.) 



34.19. Syrian (Arabic), fourteenth century. Vase (0.362 by 0.234) with two 

 large and two small handles, of clear blown glass of grayish amber tint. 

 Decoration in polychrome enamels and gold. (Illustrated.) 



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