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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  29.80. 
  Indian, 
  early 
  seventeenth 
  century. 
  Mughal, 
  time 
  of 
  Jahangir. 
  A 
  love 
  

  

  scene. 
  In 
  colors 
  and 
  gold 
  on 
  paper. 
  

  

  29.81. 
  Indian, 
  middle 
  seventeenth 
  cent|ury, 
  Mughal, 
  time 
  of 
  Shah 
  Jahan. 
  

  

  Portrait 
  of 
  Asalat 
  Khan. 
  In 
  white, 
  black, 
  color, 
  and 
  gold 
  on 
  pai)er. 
  

  

  POTTEET 
  

  

  29.6. 
  Chinese, 
  T'ang 
  dynasty. 
  A 
  cylindrical 
  jar 
  vpith 
  ribbed 
  sides 
  and 
  three 
  

  

  stump 
  feet, 
  glazed 
  in 
  blue 
  outside 
  and 
  in 
  yellow 
  inside. 
  

  

  29.7. 
  Chinese, 
  Sung 
  dynasty. 
  Chiin 
  ware. 
  A 
  flowerpot 
  with 
  12 
  lobed 
  sides 
  

  

  and 
  festooned 
  rim 
  ; 
  glazed 
  in 
  deep 
  strawberry-red 
  and 
  blue. 
  

  

  29.12. 
  Chinese, 
  Sung 
  dynasty. 
  Chien 
  ware 
  (Honan 
  type). 
  A 
  covered 
  jar, 
  

  

  glazed 
  in 
  black 
  with 
  a 
  painted 
  ornament 
  in 
  metallic 
  brown. 
  

  

  29.13. 
  Chinest, 
  Sung 
  dynasty. 
  Tz'n 
  chou 
  ware. 
  A 
  vase 
  with 
  trumpet-formed 
  

  

  mouth, 
  with 
  a 
  floral 
  ornament 
  in 
  black 
  on 
  a 
  white 
  ground. 
  

  

  29.14. 
  Chinese, 
  Sung 
  dynasty. 
  Ying 
  ching 
  ware. 
  A 
  covered 
  box, 
  glazed 
  in 
  

  

  pale 
  greenish-blue, 
  with 
  a 
  stamped 
  phoenix 
  design 
  on 
  the 
  cover 
  in 
  

   slight 
  relief. 
  . 
  

  

  29.15. 
  Chinese. 
  T'ang 
  dynasty. 
  A 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  dog, 
  biting 
  at 
  one 
  leg, 
  seated 
  on 
  

  

  a 
  hollow 
  base 
  ; 
  glazed 
  in 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  mingled 
  overflow 
  of 
  blue 
  and 
  

   yellow. 
  

  

  29.9. 
  Persian, 
  eleventh-thirteenth 
  century. 
  Rhages. 
  A 
  jug 
  with 
  a 
  bottle 
  

  

  neck, 
  painted 
  with 
  fl,<^ure 
  designs, 
  over 
  glaze, 
  in 
  blue, 
  green, 
  black, 
  and 
  

   yellow. 
  

  

  29.10. 
  Persian, 
  eleventh-thirteenth 
  century. 
  Rhages. 
  A 
  jug 
  with 
  a 
  wide 
  cylin- 
  

  

  drical 
  neck, 
  glazed 
  in 
  white, 
  and 
  decorated 
  in 
  applied 
  relief 
  outlined 
  

   with 
  red, 
  with 
  other 
  adornmentr 
  of 
  red, 
  green, 
  and 
  blue 
  enamels 
  and 
  

   gold. 
  

   29 
  11. 
  West 
  Asian. 
  Rakka. 
  A 
  plate, 
  glazed 
  in 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  sphinx 
  figure 
  in 
  

   slight 
  relief, 
  enameled 
  in 
  green, 
  dark 
  blue, 
  and 
  brown. 
  

  

  SILVER 
  

  

  29.5. 
  Chinese, 
  ninth 
  century. 
  T'ang 
  dynasty. 
  A 
  covered 
  box, 
  with 
  a 
  delicate 
  

   fioral 
  design 
  engraved 
  upon 
  it. 
  

  

  29.16. 
  Chinese, 
  ninth 
  century. 
  T'ang 
  dynasty. 
  A 
  cup 
  with 
  a 
  delicate 
  floral 
  

  

  design 
  engraved 
  upon 
  the 
  outside. 
  

  

  Curatorial 
  work 
  within 
  the 
  collection 
  included 
  documentary 
  study 
  

   of 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  inscriptions 
  on 
  several 
  new 
  purchases 
  and 
  

   on 
  various 
  objects 
  already 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  Many 
  objects 
  

   have 
  been 
  submitted 
  for 
  an 
  expert 
  opinion 
  upon 
  them 
  or 
  for 
  trans- 
  

   lation 
  of 
  their 
  Chinese, 
  Japanese, 
  or 
  Tibetan 
  inscriptions. 
  The 
  total 
  

   number 
  of 
  such 
  reports 
  covers 
  681 
  objects 
  and 
  56 
  photographs 
  and 
  

   tracings. 
  The 
  collection 
  laiown 
  as 
  "A 
  gold 
  treasure 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  

   Roman 
  period," 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  Byzantine 
  objects 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  to 
  sixth 
  

   century, 
  has 
  been 
  catalogued, 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  antique 
  glass, 
  

   which 
  was 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  Freer 
  inventorj^, 
  S. 
  I. 
  189, 
  as 
  " 
  Egyptian 
  

   glass," 
  has 
  been 
  classified 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  and 
  duly 
  catalogued. 
  

   This 
  collection 
  contains 
  1,271 
  manufactured 
  objects, 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   vases 
  of 
  several 
  inches 
  in 
  height 
  to 
  minute 
  beads 
  and 
  embracing 
  

  

  