Five Indian betel nut cutters

Five Indian betel nut cutters

brass and steel, including a Tamil Nadu reclining female figure, 17.5cm long, a Kutch pierced and stamped circle with various birds, 20.4cm long, a vandun giraya (worship cutter) with a human head and extended hands, the feet engraved CP and symbols, 17.8cm long, a fish like creature, 18.5cm long, and a couple nut cracker with parrots, 15.5cm long. (5)

Provenance

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.