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Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents: For the Year Ended June 30, 1938
Freer Gallery of Art - Additions to the collections included Chinese bronze, gold, and jade Objects; Arabic manuscripts; Chinese, Indian, and Persian paintings; Chinese porcelain; Persian pottery; and Egyptian stone sculpture. The year's curatorial work has been. De voted to the study Of Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Persian, Aramaic, and Armenian art Objects and of associated texts, inscriptions, or seals. The results Of these studies have been incorporated in the Gallery records. Many similar Objects have been brought or sent to the Director by their owners for expert Opinion on their identity, age, etc. Changes in exhibition in the Gallery have involved a total Of 75 Objects. The number Of visitors for the year was Two lectures on Musulman painting were given by Eustache de Lorey, Of Paris; 9 groups were given instruction in the study rooms, and 10 groups were given docent service in the exhibition galleries.
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