African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 946
Four South Asian betel nut cutters
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £850
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Description
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.