APPENDIX 4 

 REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



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

 the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 1938 : 



THE COLLECTIONS 



Additions to the collections by purchase are as follows: 



38.5. Chinese, Chou dynasty. A ceremonial vessel of the type kuang. White 



bronze with a smooth apple-green patina; traces of red earth adhe- 

 sions. The decoration is delicately cut in low and incised relief. 

 Inscriptions in vessel and cover. 0.235 by 0.310 by 0.112. (Illustrated.) 



38.6. Chinese, Chon dynasty. A ceremonial vessel of the type chili. White 



bronze having a silvery-green patina, with areas of rough green; 

 earthy adhesions. The decoration is in low relief. 0.190 by 0.089. 

 (Illustrated.) 



38.7 Chinese, fifth-third centuries, B. C. Period of the Warring States. A 

 food-vessel; four animalistic knobs on the cover and mask-and-ring 

 handles on the body. White bronze having a smooth gray-green 

 patina, with areas of incrustation outside; a rough green aerugo 

 inside. The decoration is inlaid with silver and turquoise. 0.14S by 

 0.222. 



38.8. Chinese, T'ang dynasty. A mirror. The surface shows a lustrous gray 

 patina with areas of green and black, and patches of earthy adhe- 

 sions. The decoration consists of a dragon in clouds, executed in 

 low relief. 0.212 (diameter). 



37.45. Chinese, Ch'ing, eighteenth century, period of Ch'ien Lung. A ju-i 



sceptre of gold filigree adorned with turquoise inlays. The designs of 

 the latter include those of the "Eight Treasures." A silk tassel is 

 attached through a turquoise bead. Length, 0.240 (exclusive of tas- 

 sel). (Illustrated.) 



JADE 



38.16. Chinese, fifth-third centuries, B. C. Period of the Warring States. The 

 figure of a female dancer, carved in translucent white nephrite; an 

 eyelet for attachment. Height, 0.080. 



MANTJSCKIPT 



37.46. Arabic (Persia), twelfth century. A bound volume of the Qur'an (in- 



complete). The text is written on paper leaves in Persian Tcufl script 

 in black ink with diacritics in red and green, 10 lines on a page. 

 Chapter titles, marginal marks, and verse-stops are illuminated. 0.314 

 by 0.202 (average leaf). 



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