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Sri Lankan Silver-Mounted Lime Container (Killotaya)
Sri Lanka 19th century
length: 7.8cm, width: 6cm, depth: 2cm, weight: 108g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Timorese Man’s Beaded Betel Shoulder Bag with Coin Decoration (Alu Inu)
Atoni or Dawan People, Central Timor, Eastern Indonesia 1940s with earlier elements
length of bag (including fringe and coins): 22.5cm, width of bag: 13.5cm, weight: 373g
Provenance
private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Timorese Man’s Beaded Betel Shoulder Bag with Goat Hair Decoration (Alu Inu)
Atoni or Dawan People, Central Timor, Eastern Indonesia early to mid-20th century
length of bag (including tufts): approximately 24cm, width of bag: approximately 16cm, weight: 132g
Provenance
private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cambodian Silver Spittoon Chased with Reamker Figures
Cambodia early 20th century
height: 11.9cm, width: 10.3cm, weight: 254g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Indian Fine, Silver-Inlaid Betel Cutter
North-West India, probably Rajasthan 19th century
length: 16.4cm, width: 5.7cm, weight: 121g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Cast & Chiselled Brass Erotic Maithuna Betel Cutter
West India, probably Maharashtra 18th-19th century
length: 9.7cm, width: 6.2cm, weight: 229g
Provenance
UK art market
Malay Tortoiseshell Koran Box with Pierced Silver Mounts & Tekat Interior
Malay People, Sumatra, Indonesia 18th-19th century
height: 8.7cm, width: 18cm, depth: 12.5cm, weight: 597g
Provenance
UK art market
Sumatran Large, Cast Brass Betel Pedestal Bowl (Tcharanos)
Minangkabau People, Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
height: 23.1cm, width: 29.4cm, weight: 2,775g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Fine, Indian Mughal Brass Pandan
Mughal or Northern India 17th-18th century
height: 7.9cm, width: approximately 12.5cm, weight: 596g
Provenance
UK art market
Thai Silver-Gilt Niello Betel Box
Thailand early 19th century
height: 6.1cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 8.6cm, weight: 317g
Provenance
private collection, London
Indian Mughal Brass Pandan
Mughal, northern India 17th century
height: 7.8cm, width: 12.5cm, weight: 882g
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Ebony & Silver Betel Box
Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) first half of the 18th century
width: 14.8cm, height: 7cm, depth: 10.5cm, weight: 528g
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Silver-Inlaid Winged Brass Betel Box (Lutuan)
Mindanao, Philippines late 19th-20th century
length: 40.6cm, height: 17.1cm, depth: 13.2cm, weight: more than 5000g
Provenance
UK art market
Mindanao Brass Betel Box
Mindanao, The Philippines circa 1900
width: 15.3cm, height: 6.9cm, depth: 8.3cm, weight: 1,135g
Provenance
UK art market
Enamelled Silver Pandan
North India circa 1900
height: 5.3cm, diameter: 6.3cm, weight: 147g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptional Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Dutch Colonial East Indies, either Malay, Sumatra or Batavia (Indonesia today) 18th-19th century
height: 8.1cm, length: 19cm, depth: 13.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box & Key
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
width: 14.7cm, depth: 9.9cm, height: 6cm, weight: 586g
Provenance
UK art market
Two Early Thai Bronze Betel Cups
Tenasserim region, Thailand/Burma circa 14th-15th century
height: 9cm and 4.6cm, combined weight: 349g
Provenance
private collection, London. Collected in Burma, in Tenasserim in 1933, by Maurice Collis (1889-1973). Collins entered the Indian Civil Service in 1911 & was posted to Burma in 1912. His postings included Sagaing & Arakan. He served as a district magistrate in Rangoon (1929-1930) and thereafter as Excise Commissioner. He returned to England in 1934 and wrote many books including on Burma.
Large, Cambodian Silver Hen-Shaped Betel Lime Box
Cambodia circa 1920
length: 19.5cm, height: 20cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
UK art market
Two Timorese Beaded Lime Containers
Atoni or Dawan people of West Timor, Indonesia early 20th century
lengths (without tassels): 10.5cm
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of a book on the betel cutters in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection
Fine, West Java Woven Betel Container
Singaparna region, West Java, Indonesia late 19th century-early 20th century
height: 13.5cm, diameter: 12cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length: 17.7cm, height: 7.1cm, depth: 12.3cm, weight: 975g
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Betel Box of Amboyna Wood & Pierced Silver Mounts
Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 18th century
height: 9cm, length: 19.5cm, depth: 13.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Four Jamnagar ‘Gulab’ Betel Cutters Made in India for the Indonesian Market
Jamnagar, India, but collected in Java, Indonesia. 19th-20th century
length: each is approximately 15 cm
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired in the 1980s in Indonesia.
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.7cm, chain length: 21.5cm, total weight: 128g
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.5cm, total weight: 117g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Engraved Silver Betel Box
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 8cm, combined weight: 148g
Provenance
private collection, London
Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Engraved, Parcel-gilt Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka late 18th century
length: 16cm, width: 12cm, height: 5.2cm, weight: 305g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptionally Fine Indian Deccan Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Pandan
Deccan, India 18th century
height: 5cm, length: 9.6cm, weight: 77g
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Amboyna Wood & Red Lacquer Betel Box with Silver Mounts
Batavia, Dutch East Indies late 17th-early 18th century
height: 8.8cm, length: 20cm, depth: 14.5cm, weight: 794g
Provenance
collection of Paul Walter; Spink, London
Mindanao Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box
Mindanao, Philippines 19th-20th century
length: 25cm, height: 13.3cm, depth: 12.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Mindanao Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box (Lutuan)
Islamic Mindanao, Philippines early 20th century
length: 20.7cm, height: 10.8cm, depth: 9.6cm, weight: 2,873g
Provenance
UK art market