Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 12. (Budapest, 1970)
HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM — MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Horváth, Tibor: Report on the Activities of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts in 1968
The Department of Museums in the Ministry of Culture very generously provided the costs of aU the necessary preparations which also included the rearrangement of the gardens, the restoration of the Chinese Gate put up originally by the founder of the Museum, Ferenc Hopp, as well as the new show-cases for the China Museum. A blue-print for the display in general, and for the new show-cases in particular was prepared by László Boreczky, the section chief of the Installation Department of the Central Directorate of Museums. New Acquisitions: Purchase Donation Total Chinese collection 8 5 13 Japanese collection 4 9 13 Indian-Indonesian collection 3 — 3 Minor collections 22 4 26 Total 37 18 55 These 55 pieces correspond to the 57 items in the inventory. Among the purchases, the outstanding pieces are: China, square belt plaque, bronze, 10—13th century (jig. 1), leaf-shaped cup, jade, 15—16th century (?), (fig. 2), white jade carving of four dragons. 19th century, Buddha Amitayus, bronze, end of the 18th —beginning of the 19th century (fig. 3), Ch'en Pan-ting (1876—), Flower-vase and Rockery, ink painting with colors on paper (fig. 4), Yü Fei-an, (1889—1959), Radish and Chinese Cabbage, ink painting with colors on paper, (fig. 5). Nepal, Maitreya, gilt bronze, 14—15th century, (fig. 7). Thailand, Buddha sitting on a high pedestal, bronze, early 19th century. Mongolia, Tara, bronze, 18—19th century (fig. 8). Snuff bottle made of roots and mounted with silverwork, end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century (fig. 9). Our Benefactors: Julia Csók donated another 13 pieces from the bequest of her father, István Csók (1865—1961), one of the foremost painters of Hungary who lived in Paris from 1903 until 1910. There he collected Oriental art objects which are to be found in several of his paintings. In this donation there are Chinese and Japanese porcelain, Japanese wood-block prints and a narrow shaped Persian box with lacquer painting on the top. Edmund de Unger (London), to whom we are greatly indebted for his most kindly patronage of our Middle-East collection referred to in our Yeax^books IX and X., has donated to us recently a large sized lustre painted deep bowl of the 11th century, made in Egypt (fig. 10). Ferenc Gyenis from whom we received a small sized votiv tablet made of clay, Mongolia, 19th century. To ah of them, I am taking this opportunity to express our deep gratitude.
