APPENDIX 4 
REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the twenty-ninth annual report 
on the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 1949. 
THE COLLECTIONS 
Additions to the collections by purchase were as follows: 
BRONZE 
48.24, Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). A quadruped; linear 
designs in countersunk relief; smooth gray-green patina with encrusta- 
tions of green; cracked in places, forelegs repaired. 0.118 x 0.204. 
48.25. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). A garment hook inlaid 
with silver and gold. 0.227 x 0.025. 
48.26. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). A garment hook inlaid 
with turquoise and gold; underside plated with silver. 0.212 x 0.017. 
49.4. Chinese, Northern Wei dynasty (A. D. 386-535). <A figure standing on a 
lotus pedestal in a six-lobed dish; silvery-gray patina encrusted with 
malachite, azurite, and dirt adhesions; dish supported on three lugs. 
0.243 x 0.215. 
49.5. Chinese, Shang dynasty (1766-1122 B. C., late). A covered ceremonial 
vessel of the type hu decorated with casting in relief; smooth gray- 
green patina. (Illustrated.) 0.176 x 0.115. 
49.6. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). A garment hook with 
interlaced dragon design inlaid in gold on background of silver dots. 
0.123 x 0.060. 
GLASS 
48.14. Syrian (late 13th century). A beaker with fluted body and flaring lip; 
honey-colored glass decorated with colored enamels and gold. 0.295 x 
0.172. 
GOLD 
48.25. Syrian or Egyptian (10th—-11th century). <A hinged armlet of hollow gold 
decorated with fine filigree work, kiafic inscriptions, and settings for five 
stones (now missing). Width: 0.129, 
JADE 
48.12. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). A flat ring of the type 
ytian carved with small whorl marks in low relief; pale greenish-gray 
nephrite, partly deteriorated. Diameter: 0.123. 
48.18. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). A garment hook deco- 
rated with incised linear patterns and carving in low relief; hook in form 
of animal head repaired; pale nephrite almost all deteriorated to cream 
color. 0.131 x 0.008. 
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