﻿APPENDIX 
  3 
  

   KEPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

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

   Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1929 
  : 
  

  

  THE 
  COLLECTIONS 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  by 
  purchase 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  BOOKBINDING 
  

  

  29.20. 
  Persian, 
  sisteenth-seveuteenth 
  century. 
  Turkish 
  school. 
  Red 
  leather, 
  

  

  with 
  decorations 
  in 
  stamped 
  arabesques 
  on 
  gold. 
  

  

  29.21. 
  Egyptian, 
  fifteenth 
  century. 
  Brown 
  leather, 
  decorated 
  in 
  blind 
  and 
  gold 
  

  

  tooling. 
  

  

  29.22. 
  Egyptian, 
  fourteenth 
  century. 
  Dark-brown 
  leather, 
  decorated 
  in 
  blind 
  and 
  

  

  gold 
  tooling. 
  

  

  29.23. 
  Egyptian, 
  fifteenth 
  century. 
  Red 
  leather, 
  decorated 
  in 
  blind 
  and 
  gold 
  

  

  tooling. 
  

  

  29.24. 
  Persian, 
  sisteenth 
  century. 
  Light-brown 
  leather, 
  lined 
  with 
  rose-red 
  

  

  leather. 
  Decorations 
  in 
  blind 
  and 
  gold 
  tooling, 
  and 
  in 
  stamped 
  ara- 
  

   besques 
  on 
  gold 
  and 
  blue 
  grounds. 
  

  

  BBONZB 
  

  

  29.4. 
  Chinese, 
  sixth 
  century 
  or 
  earlier. 
  Period 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Dynasties. 
  A 
  large 
  

  

  mirror, 
  the 
  back 
  decorated 
  with 
  engraved 
  silhouettes 
  of 
  gold 
  and 
  silver 
  

   set 
  in 
  lacquer. 
  

  

  29.17. 
  Chinese, 
  seventh-tenth 
  century. 
  T'ang 
  period. 
  A 
  mirror 
  with 
  phoenix 
  

  

  and 
  running 
  animal 
  figures 
  in 
  relief 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  

  

  29.18. 
  Chinese, 
  sixth-seventh 
  century. 
  Sui 
  period. 
  A 
  mirror 
  with 
  formalized 
  

  

  design 
  of 
  palmettes 
  in 
  circles 
  in 
  relief 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  

  

  29.19. 
  Chinese, 
  third 
  century 
  B. 
  C.(?). 
  Han 
  period 
  or 
  earlier. 
  A 
  sword, 
  with 
  

  

  ornamental 
  designs 
  inlaid 
  in 
  gold 
  on 
  the 
  pommel, 
  and 
  in 
  gold 
  and 
  

   turquoise 
  on 
  the 
  guard, 
  while 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  blade 
  carry 
  inscriptions, 
  

   also 
  inlaid 
  in 
  gold. 
  

  

  OLABB 
  

  

  29.5. 
  Syrian, 
  thirteenth-fourteenth 
  century. 
  A 
  pilgrim 
  bottle, 
  of 
  transparent 
  

  

  blown 
  glass, 
  decorated 
  with 
  polychrome 
  enamels 
  and 
  gold. 
  

  

  MANUSCEIPTS 
  

  

  29.63. 
  Persian, 
  seventeenth 
  century. 
  By 
  Kemal 
  ad-Din. 
  A 
  page 
  of 
  calligraphy 
  

   in 
  four 
  colors 
  on 
  a 
  pinkish-cream 
  paper. 
  Ornaments 
  of 
  floral 
  ara- 
  

   besques 
  on 
  a 
  gold 
  ground. 
  Signed. 
  

   50 
  

  

  