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REAR HALL LEADING FROM SECOND GALLERY TO THE PEACOCK ROOM UPPER FLOOR Stone Sculpture. A temple defender. Tang. Chinese. Large Painting on end wall. Attributed to Takuma Tamehisa of the Kamakura period. Japanese. Rug on side wall. XV Century. Damascus. LOWER FLOOR Stone Sculpture. Chinese. Large seated figure. Kwanyin. Tang. Small seated figure. Kwanyin. Wei. 5 PEACOCK ROOM PAINTED FOR MR. F. R. LEYLAND BY WHISTLER IN 1876-7 REMOVED IN ITS ENTIRETY FROM NO. 49 PRINCES GATE, LONDON. ON SHELVES Ancient Potteries from Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, China, Corea and Japan. IN GLASS CASE The Old Testament Manuscript of Deuteronomy and Joshua. The Washington Manuscript of the Gospels with wood covers belonging thereto. ON CENTER TABLE Stone Sculptured Figure. Kwanyin (goddess of forgiveness). Chinese, of the Wei dynasty. Large Stone Head of Buddha. Chinese, of the early Tang dynasty. Large Bronze Head of Buddha. Siamese, of the VII or VIII Century. ON SIDE TABLE Wooden Buddhistic Statues. Japanese, of the Suiko, Tempio and Kamakura Periods. 6