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9684

Fine, Thai Pierced Silver Betel Box

Thailand
late 19th century

height: 7.5cm, diameter: 16.2cm, weight: 485g

Provenance

UK art market

8272

Thai Chased Silver Betel Box

Thailand
late 19th-early 20th century

height: 5.1cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 8.2cm, weight: 396g

Provenance

private collection, London, UK.

9595

Timorese Man’s Beaded Betel Shoulder Bag with Coin Decoration (Alu Inu)

Atoni or Dawan People, Central Timor, Eastern Indonesia
1940s with earlier elements

length of bag (including fringe and coins): 22.5cm, width of bag: 13.5cm, weight: 373g

Reserved

Provenance

private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands

9596

Timorese Man’s Beaded Betel Shoulder Bag with Goat Hair Decoration (Alu Inu)

Atoni or Dawan People, Central Timor, Eastern Indonesia
early to mid-20th century

length of bag (including tufts): approximately 24cm, width of bag: approximately 16cm, weight: 132g

Provenance

private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands

7927

Cambodian Silver Spittoon Chased with Reamker Figures

Cambodia
early 20th century

height: 11.9cm, width: 10.3cm, weight: 254g

Provenance

private collection, London, UK.

9444

Indian Fine, Silver-Inlaid Betel Cutter

North-West India, probably Rajasthan
19th century

length: 16.4cm, width: 5.7cm, weight: 121g

Provenance

UK art market

9566

Indian Cast & Chiselled Brass Erotic Maithuna Betel Cutter

West India, probably Maharashtra
18th-19th century

length: 9.7cm, width: 6.2cm, weight: 229g

Provenance

UK art market

9435

Fine, Indian Mughal Brass Pandan

Mughal or Northern India
17th-18th century

height: 7.9cm, width: approximately 12.5cm, weight: 596g

Reserved

Provenance

UK art market

8949

Sumatran Large, Cast Brass Betel Pedestal Bowl (Tcharanos)

Minangkabau People, Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

height: 23.1cm, width: 29.4cm, weight: 2,775g

Provenance

private collection, UK

9033

Indian Mughal Brass Pandan

Mughal, northern India
17th century

height: 7.8cm, width: 12.5cm, weight: 882g

Provenance

UK art market

6730

Mindanao Brass Betel Box

Mindanao, The Philippines
circa 1900

width: 15.3cm, height: 6.9cm, depth: 8.3cm, weight: 1,135g

Provenance

UK art market

6374

Two Early Thai Bronze Betel Cups

Tenasserim region, Thailand/Burma
circa 14th-15th century

height: 9cm and 4.6cm, combined weight: 349g

Provenance

private collection, London. Collected in Burma, in Tenasserim in 1933, by Maurice Collis (1889-1973). Collins entered the Indian Civil Service in 1911 & was posted to Burma in 1912. His postings included Sagaing & Arakan. He served as a district magistrate in Rangoon (1929-1930) and thereafter as Excise Commissioner. He returned to England in 1934 and wrote many books including on Burma.

6578

Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box & Key

Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia
18th century

width: 14.7cm, depth: 9.9cm, height: 6cm, weight: 586g

Provenance

UK art market

6528

Exceptional Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Fine Silver Mounts

Dutch Colonial East Indies, either Malay, Sumatra or Batavia (Indonesia today)
18th-19th century

height: 8.1cm, length: 19cm, depth: 13.3cm

Provenance

UK art market

5891

Large, Silver-Inlaid Winged Brass Betel Box (Lutuan)

Mindanao, Philippines
late 19th-20th century

length: 40.6cm, height: 17.1cm, depth: 13.2cm, weight: more than 5000g

Provenance

UK art market

6127

Large, Cambodian Silver Hen-Shaped Betel Lime Box

Cambodia
circa 1920

length: 19.5cm, height: 20cm, weight: 611g

Provenance

UK art market

5885

Two Timorese Beaded Lime Containers

Atoni or Dawan people of West Timor, Indonesia
early 20th century

lengths (without tassels): 10.5cm

Provenance

formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of a book on the betel cutters in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection

5533

Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box

Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia
18th century

length: 17.7cm, height: 7.1cm, depth: 12.3cm, weight: 975g

Provenance

UK art market

4823

Fine, West Java Woven Betel Container

Singaparna region, West Java, Indonesia
late 19th century-early 20th century

height: 13.5cm, diameter: 12cm

Provenance

private collection, UK.

5135

Four Parsi Zoroastrian Ritual Objects in High-Grade Silver

Parsi (Parsee) People, Bombay, India
19th century

height of sprinkler: 24cm, diameter of incense tray: 7.2cm, combined weight of silver: 258g

Provenance

from a Parsi family, originally from Bombay, and now based in northern England.

639

Engraved Silver Betel Box

Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 8cm, combined weight: 148g

Provenance

private collection, London

640

Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes

Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 6.5cm, total weight: 117g

Provenance

private collection, London.

641

Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes

Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 6.7cm, chain length: 21.5cm, total weight: 128g

4245

Dutch Colonial Chased, Oblong Silver Box

Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia
18th century

length: 14.3cm, width: 7.8cm, height: 3.8cm, weight: 228g

Provenance

UK art market

3791

Dutch Colonial Betel Box of Amboyna Wood & Pierced Silver Mounts

Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
18th century

height: 9cm, length: 19.5cm, depth: 13.5cm

Provenance

private collection, UK.

3535

Mindanao Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box

Mindanao, Philippines
19th-20th century

length: 25cm, height: 13.3cm, depth: 12.6cm

Provenance

UK art market

2998

Mindanao Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box (Lutuan)

Islamic Mindanao, Philippines
early 20th century

length: 20.7cm, height: 10.8cm, depth: 9.6cm, weight: 2,873g

Provenance

UK art market

2736

Thai Betel-Chewing Stoneware Tukatha Figure

Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand
14th-16th century

height: 10.5cm

Provenance

UK art market

2737

Thai Stoneware Betel-Chewing Tukatha Figure

Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand
14th-16th century

height: 9.8cm

Provenance

UK art market

2738

Thai Earthenware Betel-Chewing Tukatha Figure

Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand
14th-16th century

height: 8.4cm

Provenance

UK art market

226

Four Jamnagar ‘Gulab’ Betel Cutters Made in India for the Indonesian Market

Jamnagar, India, but collected in Java, Indonesia.
19th-20th century

length: each is approximately 15 cm

Provenance

private collection, London; acquired in the 1980s in Indonesia.