Branch of an apricot tree

Object Details

Artist

Liu Qikan (18th century)

Previous custodian or owner

Chen Rentao 陳仁濤 (1906-1968)

Frank Caro (1904-1980)

U.S. Customs Service

Provenance

To 1960

Chen Rentao (1906-1968), Hong Kong, and Frank Caro, C. T. Loo & Co., New York, to 1960 [1]

From 1960 to 1979

U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury [2]

From 1979

Freer Gallery of Art, from October 23, 1979 [3]

[1] This object is one of a group of 88 objects (F80.104-F80.180, FSC-S-22-25 and FSC-O-11a-h) seized in 1960 by the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, from the dealer and collector Chen Rentao, Hong Kong and Frank Caro of C. T. Loo & Co., New York.

The objects were deemed to have been introduced into the commerce of the United States in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1592 (Trade with Communist China).

[2] See note 1. The object’s ownership title is based on the settlement agreement, dated November 1971, between the United States, Chen Tung Siang Wen, the executrix for Chen Rentao Estate, and Frank Caro, copy in object file.

See U.S. Customs Service Memorandum, April 23, 1979 and a letter from Thadeus Rojek, Chief Counsel, Department of the Treasury, U.S. Custom Service, to Marie C. Malaro, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, dated November 29, 1979, copy in object file. The objects remained in the custody of the U.S. Customs Service office in New York until 1979.

[3] The object was transferred to the Freer Gallery of Art on October 23, 1979.

Credit Line

Transfer from the United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury

1727

Period

Qing dynasty

Accession Number

F1980.111a

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 17.3 x 20.3 cm (6 13/16 x 8 in)

Origin

China

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Topic

flower

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

China

apricot tree

Chinese Art

Record ID

fsg_F1980.111a

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3afb7b763-3084-425f-a048-97fad48aa9b2