46 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1948 
MANUSCRIPT 
47.19. Persian, Mongol period (early 14th century). Fragment of Tarjama-i 
Tarikh-i Tabavi, i. e., Bal’ami’s Persian translation of Tabari’s Uni- 
versal History ; 205 fols. ; 33 lines of black naskhi per page with captions 
in red naskhi; seven miniatures in color and gold; modern red leather 
binding; pages 0.410 x 0.285. 
PAINTING 
47.17. Chinese, Ming dynasty (A. D. 1368-1644). Scroll painting by Hsii Pén 
dated in correspondence with A. D. 1877; landscape in ink on paper; 
signature and 11 seals on painting; title, 7 colophons and 18 seals on 
mounting. (Illustrated.) 0.285 x 4.968. 
47.21. Persian (14th or 15th century). Page from a pharmacological treatise; 
paintings in color on paper of a duck (obverse) and a cock pheasant or 
jungle cock (reverse) ; naskhi script in black for text, red for headings. 
(Illustrated.) 0.245 x 0.162. 
47,22. Persian (first half 16th century). A galloping Turki horseman painted in 
black and red on paper; inscription “Portrait of Muhammad Shah 
Padishah”’ ; seal. 0.101 x 0.154. 
47.23. Persian (late 16th or early 17th century). A dervish in landscape smok- 
ing a qualiiin pipe held by a disciple; black and colors on paper; 
Signed by Muhammad Muhsin. 0.168 x 0.098. 
POTTERY 
47.16. Chinese, Ch‘ing dynasty, K‘ang-hsi period (A. D. 1662-1722). Vase with 
globular body, low foot and tall, slender neck; thick, rich gray-blue 
glaze with minute bubbles and brown stained crackle. 0.412 x 0.212. 
47.18. Persian, Seljuk period (11th-12th century). Deep bowl of fine white clay; 
decorated with the figure of a winged griffon carved in the body and 
covered with blue, green, purple and yellow glazes against the white 
glaze. (Illustrated.) 0.083 x 0.344. 
48.2. Chinese, Ming dynasty (A. D. 13868-1644; early). Vase of bottle shape 
with high spreading foot, slightly spreading neck, and short vertical 
lip; annular handles and free-moving rings; white porcelain with 
creamy-white glaze; decorated with phoenixes and dragons finely in- 
cised in the clay almost invisible under the glaze. 0.185 x 0.085. 
48.6. Chinese, T‘ang dynasty (A. D. 618-906). Tomb figurine of a seated man 
holding a fowl on his left knee and a basket of peas (?) on his right; 
fine-grained, buff-white clay, partly glazed and the rest painted with 
black, green, and red. 0.260 x 0.171 x 0.168. 
48.7. Chinese, T‘ang dynasty (A. D. 618-906). Tomb figurine of a woman 
seated on the ground holding and feeding a fowl; fine-grained buff- 
white clay painted with black, green, and red. 0.151 x 0.152 x 0.171. 
The work of the staff members has been devoted to the study of new 
accessions, of objects submitted for purchase, and to general research 
within the collections of Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Persian, and In- 
dian materials. Reports, oral or written, were made upon 8,498 ob- 
jects and 1,108 photographs of objects submitted for examination; and 
288 oriental language inscriptions were translated. 
