﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  43 
  

  

  4:13. 
  Persian, 
  early 
  13th 
  century. 
  Kashan. 
  Large, 
  shallow 
  bowl 
  with 
  flaring 
  

   rim 
  and 
  bold 
  foot 
  ring 
  (repairs; 
  restorations 
  in 
  the 
  rim). 
  Body 
  of 
  

   soft, 
  firm, 
  buff 
  clay 
  covered 
  with 
  an 
  opaque 
  white 
  glaze. 
  Decoration 
  

   painted 
  in 
  turquoise 
  green, 
  blue, 
  dark 
  red, 
  aubergine, 
  and 
  flesh-color 
  over- 
  

   glaze. 
  Inside 
  : 
  the 
  assault 
  by 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  horsemen 
  upon 
  a 
  walled 
  town 
  

   defended 
  by 
  bowmen 
  ; 
  outside 
  : 
  six 
  hero 
  scenes. 
  Inscription 
  in 
  black 
  

   naskhi 
  script. 
  0.111x0.478. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  curatorial 
  staff 
  has 
  been 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  and 
  

   recording 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  acquisitions 
  listed 
  above 
  and 
  to 
  other 
  Arabic. 
  

   Chinese, 
  Japanese, 
  and 
  Syrian 
  objects 
  submitted 
  for 
  purchase. 
  In 
  

   addition 
  to 
  this 
  work 
  within 
  the 
  collection, 
  1,941 
  objects 
  of 
  Oriental 
  

   provenance 
  and 
  235 
  photographs 
  of 
  such 
  objects 
  were 
  examined, 
  and 
  

   oral 
  or 
  written 
  reports 
  made 
  upon 
  them. 
  Written 
  translations 
  of 
  105 
  

   inscriptions 
  in 
  Oriental 
  languages 
  were 
  made 
  upon 
  request. 
  In 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  this 
  regular 
  curatorial 
  work, 
  that 
  contributing 
  to 
  the 
  war 
  

   services 
  which 
  occupied 
  a 
  major 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  is 
  sum- 
  

   marized 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  WAR 
  WORK 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  answering 
  many 
  inquiries 
  from, 
  and 
  supplying 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  to, 
  various 
  Government 
  agencies, 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  

   translation 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  Government 
  from 
  both 
  Chinese 
  

   and 
  Japanese 
  sources, 
  amounting 
  to 
  hundreds 
  of 
  pages 
  of 
  typewrit- 
  

   ten 
  matter. 
  Work 
  upon 
  maps 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  areas 
  has 
  entailed 
  the 
  identi- 
  

   fication 
  and 
  transliteration 
  of 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  names 
  to 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  5,000. 
  This 
  work 
  is 
  continuing. 
  

  

  In 
  May 
  1943 
  three 
  lectures 
  on 
  Chinese 
  culture 
  as 
  reflected 
  in 
  the 
  

   fine 
  arts 
  were 
  given 
  at 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  in 
  response 
  

   to 
  the 
  combined 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Office 
  of 
  Education 
  and 
  

   the 
  acting 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  schools 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  

   Columbia, 
  in 
  furtherance 
  of 
  their 
  plan 
  to 
  disseminate 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   China 
  in 
  the 
  public 
  schools. 
  The 
  audiences 
  were 
  composed 
  of 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  teachers 
  (total 
  number 
  264) 
  . 
  The 
  subjects 
  of 
  the 
  lectures 
  were 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  May 
  8 
  : 
  A 
  short 
  discussion 
  of 
  art 
  in 
  general. 
  China 
  and 
  her 
  people. 
  

   May 
  15 
  : 
  Bronze 
  and 
  jade. 
  Purpose 
  and 
  use. 
  

   May 
  22 
  : 
  Chinese 
  painting. 
  

  

  A 
  lecture 
  on 
  Asiatic 
  painting, 
  illustrated 
  with 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  slides, 
  

   was 
  given 
  by 
  Miss 
  Guest 
  on 
  October 
  2, 
  1942, 
  in 
  the 
  St. 
  Francis 
  Audi- 
  

   torium 
  of 
  the 
  Art 
  Museum, 
  Santa 
  Fe, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  Service 
  Club. 
  The 
  sum 
  realized 
  ($160) 
  made 
  possible 
  the 
  

   Christmas 
  boxes 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  club 
  to 
  its 
  members 
  in 
  the 
  armed 
  forces 
  

   in 
  this 
  country 
  and 
  abroad. 
  

  

  