Five South Asian betel nut cutters

Five South Asian betel nut cutters

India and Sri Lanka

brass and steel, including a andu gire type with a stylised head with brass inlay, 11.5cm long, a Deccan hamsa, mythological goose, 14.7cm long, a Tamil Nadu embracing couple, 14.2cm long, a kneeling figure with raised greeting hands, inlaid brass with engraved decoration of elephants and leafage, 23cm long, and a fish like creature, 19.7cm long. (5)

Provenance

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.