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Silver-Inlaid Singha Betel Cutters
Bali, Indonesia
19th century
length: 20.3 cm
This cutter with knopped plain silver handles is of a winged lion (singha bersajap) with a flaming mane. The body is decorated in silver wire with the Balinese
banji pattern; a sun burst is near the tail, the rest is incised with fine cross-hatching.
Provenance: acquired at Christie’s, Auction of the Estate of Adrian Noe, Jakarta 1996.
References: a similar cutter is illustrated in Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 119.
Inventory no.: 282 SOLD
Silver-Inlaid Singha Betel Cutters
Bali, Indonesia
19th century
length: 20.3 cm
This cutter with knopped plain silver handles is of a winged lion (singha bersajap) with a flaming mane. The body is decorated in silver wire with the Balinese
banji pattern; a sun burst is near the tail, the rest is incised with fine cross-hatching.
Provenance: acquired at Christie’s, Auction of the Estate of Adrian Noe, Jakarta 1996.
References: a similar cutter is illustrated in Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 119.
Inventory no.: 282 SOLD
