Four South Asian betel nut cutters

Four South Asian betel nut cutters

India and Sri Lanka

brass and steel, including a Tamil Nadu equestrian, 19.5cm long, a double parrot, 15.6cm long, a Kandyan vandun giraya (worship cutter) with a human head and extended hands, 29cm long and another similar with a cobra and a figure with a rifle on an elephant, 16cm long. (4)

Provenance

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.