Object Details
Artist
Attributed to Ren Yi (1840-1896)
School/Tradition
Shanghai school
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.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Chen Rentao 陳仁濤 (1906-1968)
Frank Caro (1904-1980)
U.S. Customs Service
Credit Line
Transfer from the United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury
Date
1886
Period
Qing dynasty
Accession Number
F1980.155
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 139 x 46 cm (54 3/4 x 18 1/8 in)
Origin
China
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
flower
spring
fishing
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
mountain
Peach Blossom Spring
China
Chinese Art
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1980.155