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From Mr. A. D. Brankston : stem cup, porcelain, with nine sea- 

 monsters in white and an hua among blue waves, Hsuan Te period (1426- 

 35), and two others mth underglaze blue decoration (fourteenth century) ; 

 two stone-rubbings from T'ien Lung Shan; bronze figures of Siva and 

 a disciple of Buddha, and a torso of Buddha (Siamese, ninth-sixteenth 

 century). 



From Mr. WiUiam King : porcelain cup, decorated in iron-red enamel 

 and underglaze blue, with imitation Meissen mark, probably eighteenth 

 century ; lacquered stone head of Buddha, Khmer, eleventh century. 



From the Matron of St. Thomas' Hospital, London, S.E.I : three 

 Chinese engravings commemorating Ch'ien Lung's campaigns, and a 

 portrait of an Empress. 



By purchase : 



The final instalment of the Eumorfopoulos Chinese collection. 



Painting on paper of a battle-scene from the ruins of Fostat, Fatunid, 

 twelfth century A.D. 



Brass bowl engraved and inlaid with silver, Persian, circa 1300 A.D. 

 Thirty-six Japanese illustrated woodcut books, 1696-1836 (purchased 

 with the aid of a contribution from the Friends of the National Libraries). 

 Fifty-one Japanese Kibyoshi books. 



Ethnography. 



By donation : 

 From the National Art-Collections Fund : a gold-plated pectoral from 

 near a tomb at Popayan, Columbia. 



From the Right Hon. Lord Moyne, P.C., D.S.O. : a large series of 

 ancient pottery vases and scarinas, and jadeite, serpentine and rock 

 crystal beads and amulets, excavated on the Bay Islands, Honduras. 



From Professor S. R. K. Glanville : ancient pottery with pair of 

 lizards in relief, from Montenegro Province, Colombia. 



From Mr. T. A. Joyce, O.B.E. : five silver birds, perhaps pelicans, 

 attached to a flat strip of silver, from ancient Peru. 



From Miss Calverley : a Chinese style pottery vessel from Peru, 

 and a teapot and two incised gourd vessels showing European influence, 

 probably from Brazil. 



From Lady Clarke : a pottery vase with black painted ornament' 

 from Tiahuanaco, Bolivia. 



From Captain R. P. Wild : a coUection of ethnographical and archae- 

 ological objects from various parts of the Gold Coast. 



From Mr. H. Ruscoe Eady : three ceremonial swords from King 

 Prempeh's palace, Ashanti ; a loom handle from Ashanti ; a dagger with 

 sheath from Omdurman, and two charms and a set of ivory counters 

 from Sudan. 



From Mr. Reginald Smith : a pottery lamp with rattle handle, Aztec, 

 and a pottery figurine, Huaxtec, Vera Cruz Province, from ancient 

 Mexico. 



From Mrs. Gann : two jade pendants, a sheU pendant and a series 

 of beads, ancient Maya, probably from Guatemala or Honduras. 



