A pair of 'reclining boy' bronze brushrests and paperweights16th/17th Centurywith a box,6.0cm long approx. each, 134.7g, 128.5g (2).Provenance: 十六至十七世紀 銅「臥童」筆擱鎮紙一對This pair effectively doubles as paperweights and brushrests to demonstrate the functional versatility of many of the scholar's objects.Compare with a similar bronze brushrest and paperweight in the form of a reclining boy, 16th/17th century, see Sydney L. Moss,The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.31.