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except Monday, when it should be closed all day. This serves a 

 double purpose in that it not only makes the exhibitions available to 

 many people who are unable to come on week days, but also gives 

 opportunities for necessary work which can not be so well undertaken 

 when the building is open to visitors. 



FIELD WORK 



IN EUROPE 



The months of July and August were spent by Miss Guest in 

 Europe and were devoted to a study of various collections of Oriental 

 art, following her attendance as delegate from this gallery to the 

 meetings of the Societe Asiatique de Paris, held in Paris from July 

 10 to 13, in celebration of the centenary of Champollion. Among the 

 most important groups of objects studied were : 



The collections of the Mission Pelliot, exhibited in the Musee 

 Guimet and the Musee du Louvre. 



The partly dismantled but important loan exhibition of Oriental 

 pottery and stone sculpture at the Musee Cernuschi. 



The collections of M. Raymond Koechlin and M. Calmann. 



The Central Asian paintings collected by Sir Aurel Stein and de- 

 posited in the British Museum. 



The objects from Turfan collected by Professor Von le Coq and 

 now stored in the Volkerkunde Museum, and those from Samarra 

 collected by Dr. Friedrich Sarre and now exhibited in the Kaiser 

 Friedrich Museum, Berlin. 



Miss Guest spent several days also in the pottery works of Staf- 

 fordshire, England, where she was given every facility for examining 

 materials and processes of manufacture. 



Miss Guest's more detailed account of her field activities accom- 

 panies this report as Appendix A (not printed). 



IN CHINA 



On February 12, Mr. Bishop left here for China, in charge of an 

 archeological expedition sent out under the joint auspices of the 

 Freer Gallery of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Work- 

 ing in accordance with instructions, but of necessity largely at his 

 own discretion, Mr. Bishop's chief concern so far has been with mat- 

 ters of organization, which he has managed and now settled more 

 successfully than might reasonably have been expected. He has also 

 visited several sites of great archeological interest and made observa- 

 tions of importance to the future work of the expedition. 



Mr. Bishop's detailed account of his field activities accompanies 

 this report as Appendix B (not printed). 

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