Dream of the Red Chamber: An Experience in Traditional Chinese Aesthetics Paintings by An Ho and Furniture by Henry Lautz

Xue Baochai An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" Daughter of Dream of the Red Chamber hero Baoyu's maternal aunt and Daiyu's arch rival for [...]

Wang Xifeng An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" A paternal niece of Baoyu's mother Lady Wang, Wang Xifeng is universally recognized, not only as [...]

Shi Xiangyun An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" The Matriarch's paternal great niece, Shi Xiangyun visits the Jia house from time to time to [...]

Qin Keqing An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" Married into the Ning branch of the Jia house, Qin Keqing is generally known as Qin [...]

Qiaojie An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" Daughter of Wang Xifeng, Qiaojie was initially called Dajieer (Daughter Number One). She was sickly as a [...]

  Chinese-Style Lute Table Henry Lautz, 1997, Bubinga wood, 36" x 45.5" x 13.5"  

Li Wan An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" Widowed shortly after marriage to Baoyu's older brother, Li Wan exemplifies traditional Chinese womanhood. She came [...]

Lin Daiyu An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" A maternal first cousin to Dream of the Red Chamber hero Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu lost [...]

Jia Yuanchun An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" Dream of the Red Chamber hero Baoyu's elder sister, Jia Yuanchun heads the quartet of the [...]

Jia Xichun An Ho 1993 Watercolor on silk mounted on rice paper using traditional Chinese technique 54" x 88" The youngest of Dream of the Red Chamber hero Baoyu's female cousins, Xichun (Cherish Spring) is [...]