REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 45 
CERAMICS 
44.11. Chinese, Sung dynasty. Ko ware. Dish with sloping sides and six-foil 
rim. Body of hard, dark gray clay showing brown on the foot-rim, coy- 
ered with an opaque, buff-gray glaze with a medium crackle and some 
small iron spots. 0.031 x 0.182. 
44.12, Chinese, Sung dynasty. Yiieh ware. Round, covered box with a design 
of three flowers carved in low relief on the top. Body of hard, fine- 
grained medium-gray clay, covered with a transparent, greenish-gray 
glaze which shows green in thicker areas. 0.052 x 0.137. 
44.13—- Chinese, Ch‘ing dynasty, Ch‘ien Lung period. Pair of bowls, each with 
44.14, a stem attached into a free-moving reticulated base. The body of 
each is of white porcelain, covered with a pure white glaze upon which 
the decoration is painted in overglaze enamels. The base of each is 
glazed in celadon. On the foot of each stem a six-character mark of 
the Ch‘ien Lung period in underglaze blue. 44.13, 0.131 x 0.164 over all; 
44.14, 0.185 x 0.163 over all. (44.14 illustrated. ) 
44.15. Chinese, Sung dynasty. Ting ware. Small plate, with a slight concavity 
and a narrow rim, bound in brass. The body is of white porcelanous 
clay, covered with a lustrous, cream-white glaze. The decoration of 
ducks, lotuses, and water plants in slight relief under glaze. 0.017 x 0.140 
(diameter). 
JADE 
44.18. Chinese, 18th century. Ch‘ien Lung period (1736-95). A tripod vessel of 
a-b-c. the ting type with a cover surmounted by a lion sejant; annular handles 
depending from dragon heads in relief; all carved from a single piece of 
white nephrite. Wood stand. 0.250 x 0.283 over all. 
LACQUER 
44.19. Japanese, late 17th century. Writing box (swzuri-bako) in polished black 
lacquer (rd-iro) decorated in gold and pewter. Bronze water box (mizu- 
ire) and an ink stone; two trays. 0.051 x 0.226 x 0.221. 
44.20. Japanese, 14th century. Late Kamakura. Small cabinet (kodansu) in 
polished black lacquer (76-iro) now turning brown. Decorations of 
chrysanthemums, grasses, butterflies, and vines executed in gold and 
mother-of-pearl. Six drawers and two doors; lock, hinges, ete., in dark, 
chiseled bronze. 0.280 x 0.384 x 0.2138. (Illustrated). 
44.21. Japanese, 16th century. Painter’s box (e-bako) in two parts with cover 
and tray in upper part. Polished black lacquer (7r6-iro) inlaid with 
closely set small chrysanthemums of mother-of-pearl, whose surfaces are 
engraved with the lines of the petals. 0.203 x 0.172 x 0.358. 
44.23. Japanese, late 17th century. Letter-box (fu-bako) with gold-flecked ground 
(nashi-ji) upon which the decoration is executed in varying tones of 
gold and silver. Silver fittings. 0.075 x 0.250 x 0.096. 
44.26. Japanese, dated in correspondence with A. D. 1844. By Yamamoto Shun- 
sho. Medicine chest (yakur6). Polished black lacquer (rd-iro) con- 
taining six drawers; silver corner mountings. Decorations executed in 
black lacquer in relief, and in gold and red. Inscription of 11 characters 
including date, signature, and kakihan. One seal. 0.338 x 0.328 x 0.198. 
44.22. Japanese, 17th-19th century. Three writing boxes (suzuri-bako). 
44.24. 
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