About Huang ShanshouHuang Shanshou was a well-known Chinese artist in the late Qing Dynasty. He was born in 1855 in Wujin of today's Jiangsu province of China. He lived in poverty during his childhood and devoted himself to painting and calligraphy. He was called by the imperial court to be an appraiser of painting and calligraphy works and teach students. When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, he moved to Shanghai and made a living by selling his paintings. He died in 1919 at the age of 64.Huang Shanshou was good at both painting and calligraphy. Traditional Chinese painting involves essentially the same techniques as calligraphy and is done with a brush dipped in black ink or colored pigments. As with calligraphy, the most popular materials on which paintings are made are paper and silk. The finished work can be mounted on scrolls, such as hanging scrolls or handscrolls.Huang Shanshou painted a vast variety of subjects ranging from figures, mountains and rivers, flowers and birds, and animals and insects. He vividly depicted the figures and events from the novel Dream of the Red Chamber with detailed brushstrokes. Huang Shanshou's paintings of Dream of the Red Chamber are highly valued by collectors. Therefore, this album of paintings by Huang Shanshou is highly collectible.About Oriental Treasures Oriental Treasures is a US-based organization, specialized in artefacts preservation, restoration, display, appraisal, and trading. It currently operates two museums in China through its affiliates. Oriental Treasures manages a massive collection of cultural relics, artifacts, jade sculptures, paintings, frescos and manuscripts. Many collectibles from various dynasties throughout 5000 years of Chinese history have rarely been seen by collectors and artifact experts before until now, and they hold significant historical, cultural, and archeological values.The exhibits in the two museums are just a small portion of the massive collection we have. Many more treasures are still well preserved and will be unlocked gradually.