Qianlong four-character mark and of the period Well cast a chi-phoenix with five smaller chi-dragons climbing on her body, the surface with liberal slashes of gold, the bronze patinated to a rich golden-brown colour, the surface with liberal splashes of gold, near the phoenix tail incised with four-character mark reading Qianlong nianzhi. 12cm (4 3/4in) long.Footnotes清乾隆 灑金銅螭鳳教子紙鎮 陰刻「乾隆年製」楷書款 Provenance: Robert de Semallé (1849-1936), France 來源: 法國Robert de Semallé（1849-1936）舊藏 Robert de Semallé (1849-1936) served in the French Embassy in Beijing as a secretary after a competitive examination. During his time in Beijing from 1880 to 1884, he collected numerous Chinese works of art and wrote a book entitled Four Years in Peking in which he recounted his missions in southern China and Vietnam. Robert de Semallé (1849-1936) 於1880年至1884年擔任法國駐北京大使館秘書，其間收藏大量中國藝術品并著有《北京四年記》一書，詳細記述了他在中國南部和越南的諸多外交工作和生活見聞。 This rare scroll-weight based on its relatively small size and the flat body was probably part of a set of desk accessories that were made for travelling and carried in a stationery box or duobao he (treasure box). Compare with the small cloisonné enamel scroll-weights in a purple lacquer stationery box, Qianlong, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, which is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study, Shanghai, 2009, pl.6. 主體作螭鳳一隻，身上攀附五隻小型螭龍，寓意蒼鳳教子，局部灑金，鳳尾處陰刻「乾隆年製」，銅質精實，鑄造精彩。 此器身形扁平，或屬於宮廷多寶盒或文具盒所盛成套小型文具之一。可參考北京故宮藏一件清乾隆紫漆描金雙鶴紋文具盒中之小型掐絲琺瑯紙鎮，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：文玩》，上海，2009年，編號6。