APPENDIX 3 



EEPOKT ON THE FEEER GALLERY OF ART 



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

 Freer Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 1931 : 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows: 



BEONZE 



31.10. Chinese, fifth century B. C. Chou Dynasty. Ceremonial vessel 



of the class ^, with four handles. Green patina. 



JADE 



31.15- Chinese, Han Dynasty (206 B. C.-A. D. 220). Two orna- 

 31.16 ments of white, semitranslucent jade, surface color altered 

 to a brownish cream. Decoration carved and engraved. 



MANUBCKIPTS 



30.86. Nepalese, twelfth century. The Prajhd'pdramitd. Palm 

 leaves (69) within wooden covers. (See also below under 

 Paintings, 30.87, 30.88.) 



30.92- Persian, thirteenth century. Four leaves from a Quran (min- 



30.95 iature size). Text in brown naskltl script. 



31.9. Arabic (North Africa), twelfth century. A bound volume of 

 a section of the Qur^dn. Vellum. Text in brown and blue 

 MacfKntl script; page and text ornaments in gold and 

 slight color. 



31.11. Persian, sixteenth centur}^ A page from the Gulistdn of 



Sa'adi, written in a delicate naskhl script on light blue 

 paper; five ornaments in gold and color. 



PAINTINGS 



30.80. Chinese, fifteenth century. Ming. By Tai Chin. A land- 



scape entitled " Life on the river." Silk scroll, painted in 

 ink and tint. 



30.81. Indian, late sixteenth century. Rajput, Rujasthanl. A musi- 



cal mode {rdg) : a night scene. Color on paper. 



60.82. Indian, early nineteenth century. Rajput, Pahari (Kangra). 



Portrait of a lady. Color and gold on paper. 



30.83. Indian, early nineteenth century. Rajput, Pahari (Kangra) 



Sri Krishna fluting in the forest. Color and gold on 

 paper. 

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