Two Export Pith Paper Painting Albums, China, 19th century, bound in light blue silk painted with birds and floral sprays, one with twelve paintings of women in domestic settings participating in a variety of hobbies and leisure activities, landscape orientation; the other with twelve paintings of high-ranking court members engaging in various activities, portrait orientation, 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 and 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.