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TWO RICEPAPER ALBUMS, 19TH CENTURY
each containing twelve paintings, in watercolour on pith paper, the first album with images of ladies and attendants in interiors, playing a variety of musical instruments -- 12½in. x 8in. (31.7cm.x 20.3cm.), the second album with interior scenes of dignitaries receiving guests, ladies nursing children, figures bearing offerings and children in a schoolroom -- 8in. x 12½in. (20.3cm.x 31.7cm.), blue silk mounts and silk brocade covers. (2)
each containing twelve paintings, in watercolour on pith paper, the first album with images of ladies and attendants in interiors, playing a variety of musical instruments -- 12½in. x 8in. (31.7cm.x 20.3cm.), the second album with interior scenes of dignitaries receiving guests, ladies nursing children, figures bearing offerings and children in a schoolroom -- 8in. x 12½in. (20.3cm.x 31.7cm.), blue silk mounts and silk brocade covers. (2)
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