Four South Asian betel nut cutters

Four South Asian betel nut cutters

India and Sri Lanka

brass and steel, including a Kandyan figure wearing a round hat and a hair bun with a shoulder cap and extended hands, 19cm long, a mythical beast with low relief foliage, one lever with another beast and the other with a bird, 27cm long, a Tamil Nadu equestrian, 19.5cm long, and a fish like creature,19cm long. (4)

Provenance

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.