﻿APPENDIX 
  3 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  seventh 
  annual 
  reiDort 
  on 
  the 
  

   Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1927 
  : 
  

  

  THE 
  COLLECTIONS 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  by 
  purchase 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  POTTERY 
  

  

  27. 
  1. 
  Persian 
  bowl, 
  tenth-eleventh 
  century. 
  Sphinx 
  and 
  scroll 
  design 
  carved 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  biscuit. 
  Green 
  and 
  black 
  glaze. 
  

  

  27.2. 
  Persian 
  plate, 
  tenth-eleventh 
  century. 
  Animal 
  design 
  carved 
  in 
  the 
  bis- 
  

  

  cuit. 
  White, 
  aubergine, 
  yellow 
  and 
  green 
  glaze. 
  

  

  27.3. 
  Persian 
  bowl, 
  twelfth-thirteenth 
  century. 
  Rhages. 
  Decoration 
  painted 
  

  

  in 
  colors 
  and 
  gold 
  on 
  a 
  white 
  glaze. 
  

  

  27.4. 
  Persian 
  (or 
  Mesopotamian) 
  bowl, 
  tenth-eleventh 
  century. 
  Sphinx 
  and 
  

  

  chequer 
  design 
  carved 
  in 
  the 
  biscuit. 
  Green 
  and 
  black 
  glaze. 
  

  

  PAINTING 
  

  

  27. 
  5. 
  Persian, 
  late 
  thirteenth 
  century. 
  

  

  27.6. 
  Two 
  leaves 
  from 
  a 
  Manafl 
  al 
  Haijuwan, 
  with 
  paintings 
  in 
  water 
  color 
  and 
  

   gold 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  text. 
  

  

  SCULPTURE 
  

  

  27. 
  7. 
  Indian, 
  eleventh 
  twelfth 
  century. 
  Trivikrama, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  24 
  images 
  of 
  

   Visnu. 
  Black 
  schist. 
  

  

  Work 
  within 
  the 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  forward 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  

   of 
  Japanese 
  painting 
  and 
  is 
  almost 
  completed 
  at 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  this 
  

   report. 
  This 
  work 
  includes 
  the 
  reclassification 
  of 
  paintings, 
  the 
  

   translation 
  of 
  the 
  inscriptions 
  and 
  seals 
  upon 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  recording 
  

   of 
  critical 
  opinion. 
  The 
  section 
  of 
  Chinese 
  pottery 
  has 
  also 
  under- 
  

   gone 
  an 
  intensive 
  study 
  and 
  a 
  certain 
  amount 
  of 
  revision 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   keep 
  pace 
  with 
  the 
  knowledge 
  that 
  is 
  slowly 
  being 
  accumulated 
  in 
  

   this 
  field. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  123 
  objects 
  have 
  been 
  submitted 
  for 
  an 
  expert 
  

   opinion 
  upon 
  them 
  or 
  for 
  translations 
  of 
  their 
  inscriptions, 
  and 
  

   several 
  other 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  texts 
  as 
  well. 
  

  

  Changes 
  in 
  exhibition 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  have 
  involved 
  4 
  Japanese 
  

   screens, 
  6 
  Japanese 
  panels, 
  2 
  Whistler 
  pastels, 
  1 
  American 
  pottery 
  

   vase, 
  23 
  Chinese 
  panels 
  and 
  1 
  scroll, 
  and 
  8 
  Indian 
  paintings. 
  

  

  63 
  

  

  