SECRETARY'S REPORT 101 



Chinese art — Continued 



Marble 3 



Metalwork 26 



Paintings ._ 135 



Pottery 292 



Stone sculpture 26 



Christian art: 



Crystal 2 



Glass 4 



Gold 18 



Manuscripts 18 



Paintings 8 



Stone sculpture 2 



Indian art: 



Bronze 2 



Manuscripts 12 



Paintings 26 



Stone sculpture _- 8 



Japanese art: 



Bronze 2 



Lacquer 34 



Paintings 130 



Pottery 44 



Wood sculpture 6 



Korean art: 



Bronze 2 



Pottery 36 



Near Eastern art: 



Bookbindings 10 



Crystal 2 



Glass 8 



Manuscripts 16 



Metalwork 36 



Paintings 86 



Pottery 36 



Stone sculpture 2 



Tibetan art: 



Paintings 4 



LIBRARY 



The specialized museum library must combine many services. It 

 must be a research unit for the staff and graduate students for docu- 

 menting the gallery's objects and its possible acquisitions; it must 

 serve the high-school, college, and university students, and all those 

 studying the Oriental arts. 



The reference service of the library is the most difficult to measure 

 statistically. Each request answered requires immeasurable time, in- 

 genuity, and imagination. The number of scholars from all parts of 

 the world who used the library nearly doubled in number during the 

 year. One visiting scholar, Miss Wellesz, was very grateful when the 

 librarian was able to give her the name of the library in Washington 



