A white metal-embellished double gourd box and cover

Property from the Collection of Quek Kiok Lee (1921-2018), Lots 37-97
A white metal-embellished double gourd box and cover
Late Qing/Republic period
Set on three raised gourd-form feet, decorated with two roundels containing the characters 'Fu' and 'Shou' (wealth and longlife) on a ground of scrolling, entwined fruiting gourd tendrils and flowering stems, inset in turquoise, coral and aventurine.
27cm (10.5/8in) long. (2).