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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
Northern Indian Silver Paan or Betel Box
Northern India late 19th-early 20th century
height: approximately 13.5cm, diameter: 18.9cm, weight: 898g
Provenance
from the collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, UK.
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
Indian Mughal Brass Pandan
Mughal, northern India 17th century
height: 7.8cm, width: 12.5cm, weight: 882g
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
Engraved Silver Betel Box
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 8cm, combined weight: 148g
Provenance
private collection, London
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.5cm, total weight: 117g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.7cm, chain length: 21.5cm, total weight: 128g
Dutch Colonial Chased, Oblong Silver Box
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length: 14.3cm, width: 7.8cm, height: 3.8cm, weight: 228g
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.
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
Thai Betel-Chewing Stoneware Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 10.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Thai Stoneware Betel-Chewing Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 9.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Thai Earthenware Betel-Chewing Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 8.4cm
Provenance
UK art market
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 .
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.