A RARE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 'FIVE SACRED PEAK' BRUSHRESTLate Ming Dynasty Crisply cast as five mountain peaks rising from crashing waves, one side with relief decoration of three carp, the reverse chased with two horses on crested waves, the base pierced with three openwork lozenges, the bronze with dark patina and areas of gilding. 15.2cm (6in) long. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明晚期 部分鎏金「五嶽」筆擱 Provenance : Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 11 June 2004 來源 ：倫敦古董商 Roger Keverne Ltd.，2004年6月11日 The Five Sacred Peaks include Mt Tai in Shandong, Mt Hua in Shaanxi, Mt Heng in Shaanxi, Hengshan nan in Hunan, and Mt Song in Henan. Furthermore, the carp in the waves refers to an old legend that carp in the Yellow River swim tream and those that successfully leap the Longmen Falls turn into dragons. This became a symbol for succeeding in the Imperial civil service examinations. See a similar bronze brushrest, late 16th/early 17th century, illustrated in China's Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H.Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900 , Phoenix, 1993, pp.203-204, no.48. pare with a related parcel-gilt bronze brushrest, Ming dynasty (part lot), which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 June 2016, lot 771.