FIVE BRASS BETEL BOXES
Burma (Myanmar) or Malay Archipelago, late 19th - early 20th century

FIVE BRASS BETEL BOXES
Burma (Myanmar) or Malay Archipelago, late 19th - early 20th century

Comprising five lidded containers for betel leaves, each of different shape, some oval, some polygonal, the exteriors either finely engraved with star-shaped grid patterns, vegetal motifs and geometric fretwork, or plain, three with inner compartments separating the betel leaves from the areca nut or tobacco grind, the longest 14cm x 3cm.

Provenance: purchased by the current private owner in Indonesia when he was based there between 1976 and 1981.