This lime pot with a bulbous body is decorated using the niello technique in which decorative patterns on an object are contrasted against a dark enamel background.Various types of betel or sireh set and receptacles were created in the Malay Archipelago to hold the ingredients of the betel chew. A set generally comprises a receptacle for holding betel leaves, pots for areca, gambier and lime and a nut cutter. A betel quid consists of a betel leaf smeared with lime, thin shavings of areca nut, gambier as well as other ingredient such as cloves.
