Five betel nut cutters

Five betel nut cutters

India and Indonesia

steel, including a Rajasthan beak type with pierced decoration, 14cm long, an Orissa female figure holding a parrot, 12.7cm high, a Burma silver overlay type with copper and brass depicting hares and birds, the top of the handle with a tiger attacking an animal and with a mythical beast behind, 11.6cm long, a cut steel mythical beast type, 11.7cm long and a Bali bird head, 18.3cm long. (5)

Provenance

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.