﻿APPENDIX 
  4 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

  Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  twenty-third 
  annual 
  report 
  on 
  

   the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  19-13. 
  

  

  THE 
  COLLECTIONS 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  by 
  purchase 
  are 
  as 
  f 
  oIIowf 
  : 
  

  

  BRONZE 
  

  

  42.14 
  Chinese, 
  14th 
  to 
  12th 
  century 
  B. 
  C. 
  Shang 
  dynasty. 
  Ceremonial 
  covered 
  

   vessel 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  yu 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  two 
  horned 
  owls 
  standing 
  hack 
  to 
  

   back. 
  Patination: 
  Outside, 
  gray-green 
  with 
  much 
  red 
  (cuprite) 
  in 
  the 
  

   furrows 
  of 
  the 
  design 
  ; 
  inside, 
  bare 
  metal 
  with 
  incrustations 
  of 
  malachite, 
  

   cuprite 
  and 
  azurite. 
  0.236x0.213 
  over 
  all. 
  (Illustrated.) 
  

  

  GOLD 
  

  

  43.1. 
  Persian, 
  10th 
  century 
  (A. 
  D. 
  967-977). 
  Bfiyicl 
  period. 
  Small 
  ewer 
  of 
  

  

  yellow 
  gold. 
  Decoration 
  chiseled 
  in 
  high 
  relief 
  on 
  a 
  delicately 
  granu- 
  

   lated 
  ground, 
  and 
  engraved. 
  Two 
  inscriptions 
  in 
  excellent 
  Kufic 
  script, 
  

   the 
  upper 
  reading: 
  "Blessing 
  and 
  happiness 
  and 
  power 
  to 
  Abu 
  Mansur 
  

   al-Amir 
  Bakhtiyar 
  ibn 
  Mu'izz 
  ad-Dawla. 
  May 
  God 
  prolong 
  his 
  days." 
  

   The 
  lower 
  inscription 
  repeats 
  good 
  wishes. 
  H. 
  0.137; 
  over 
  all 
  0.160. 
  

   Weight: 
  503 
  grams. 
  (Illustrated.) 
  

   43.8 
  Persian, 
  11th 
  to 
  12th 
  century. 
  Medal, 
  with 
  designs 
  executed 
  in 
  relief: 
  

  

  Obverse: 
  a 
  bearded 
  king, 
  enthroned; 
  two 
  attendants. 
  

  

  Reverse: 
  the 
  same 
  king, 
  mounted, 
  with 
  a 
  falcon 
  on 
  his 
  left 
  hand. 
  

   He 
  is 
  accompanied 
  by 
  au 
  eagle 
  and 
  is 
  trampling 
  a 
  dragon. 
  

   Diameter: 
  0.043. 
  

  

  PAINTING 
  

  

  43.2. 
  Persian 
  (Mesopotamia), 
  A. 
  D. 
  1224. 
  Baghdad 
  school. 
  

  

  By 
  'Abdullah 
  ibn 
  al-Fadl. 
  Leaf 
  from 
  an 
  Arabic 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Materia 
  Medica 
  of 
  Dioscorides. 
  Book 
  IV, 
  Caps. 
  S3-84. 
  Two 
  miniatures 
  

   in 
  color 
  : 
  

  

  A. 
  Mushrooms. 
  

  

  B. 
  Autumn 
  Crocus. 
  

  

  Text 
  in 
  nashhl 
  script 
  ; 
  two 
  rubrics. 
  Paper 
  leaf 
  : 
  0.320 
  x 
  0.225. 
  

  

  PAINTING 
  AND 
  CAIXIGKAPHT 
  

  

  42.15. 
  A 
  leaf 
  from 
  a 
  royal 
  album 
  upon 
  which 
  are 
  mounted 
  : 
  

  

  A. 
  Indian, 
  17th 
  century, 
  Mughal. 
  By 
  Bichitr. 
  The 
  Emperor 
  Jahan- 
  

   glr. 
  enthroned 
  upon 
  an 
  hourglass, 
  receiving 
  the 
  homage 
  of 
  a 
  

   mullah, 
  two 
  European 
  courtiers 
  and 
  a 
  native 
  prince. 
  In 
  colors 
  

   and 
  gold. 
  Signature. 
  0.275 
  x 
  0.180. 
  

  

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