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Enquiry about object: 9033
Indian Mughal Brass Pandan
Mughal, northern India 17th century
height: 7.8cm, width: 12.5cm, weight: 882g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6730
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
Enquiry about object: 6374
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.
Enquiry about object: 6578
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
Enquiry about object: 6528
Exceptional Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Dutch Colonial East Indies, either Malay, Sumatra or Batavia (Indonesia today) 18th century
height: 8.1cm, length: 19cm, depth: 13.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5891
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
Enquiry about object: 6127
Large, Cambodian Silver Hen-Shaped Betel Lime Box
Cambodia circa 1920
length: 19.5cm, height: 20cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5588
Indian Brass Lime Box for Betel
India 19th century
length: 8.5cm, width: 4.5c,. height: 4.3cm, weight: 177g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5885
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
Enquiry about object: 5533
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
Enquiry about object: 4823
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.
Enquiry about object: 5136
Parsi Large, Inscribed, High-Grade Silver Zoroastrian Ritual Ses Tray
Parsi (Parsee) People, India, probably Bombay 19th century
diameter: 35.3cm, weight: 956g
Provenance
from a Parsi family, originally from Bombay, and now based in northern England.
Enquiry about object: 5135
Four Parsi Zoroastrian Ritual Objects in High-Grade Silver
Parsi (Parsee) People, Bombay, India 19th century
height of sprinkler: 24cm, diameter of incense tray: 7.2cm, combined weight of silver: 258g
Provenance
from a Parsi family, originally from Bombay, and now based in northern England.
Enquiry about object: 639
Engraved Silver Betel Box
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 8cm, combined weight: 148g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 640
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.5cm, total weight: 117g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 641
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.7cm, chain length: 21.5cm, total weight: 128g
Enquiry about object: 3791
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.
Enquiry about object: 3535
Mindanao Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box
Mindanao, Philippines 19th-20th century
length: 25cm, height: 13.3cm, depth: 12.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3229
Colonial Batavian Silver & Gilt Betel Box Set
Batavia, Dutch East Indies early 19th century
length of box: 21.3cm, depth: 13.6cm, height: 7cm, combined weight: 1,159g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2998
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
Enquiry about object: 2736
Thai Betel-Chewing Stoneware Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 10.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2737
Thai Stoneware Betel-Chewing Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 9.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2738
Thai Earthenware Betel-Chewing Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 8.4cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2182
Sepik Lime Container in the form of a Rooster on a Crocodile
Iatmul People, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea first half of the 20th century
length: 68cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, and thence by descent, collected by de Sales McHugh in the first half of the 20th century .
Enquiry about object: 226
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.