A GROUP OF FIVE EMBOSSED SILVER BETEL LEAF HOLDERS, c. 1900sBurma / Myanmar, around 1900. Each of tapering cylindrical form, delicate and finely embossed, incised and pierced with floral motifs and birds, the undersides open. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and few minimal nicks here and there. Provenance: Estate of Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022), co-founder of Galerie Zacke, thence by descent. Weight: 219 g (total) Dimensions: Height c. 9.5 cm eachLiterature comparison: For related silver betel leaf holders see the British Museum, Museum number As1914,1012.17 Silver containers like the current ones were traditionally utilized for storing sirih-leaf. The act of chewing a combination of betel-nut, lime paste, and spices wrapped in a betel leaf has been a practice in South and Southeast Asia for centuries.