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each well-modeled as a hot-air balloon tethered to a gondola, the prow rising and curving to form the spout, the stern curling inwards and forming the handle, all raised on a pierced, wave-form base, stopper (3) Height of taller 10? in., 27.3 cm
In 1783 in France, two brothers, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-étienne Montgolfi er, successfully launched the world’s fi rst hot-air balloon, designed by Joseph-Michel. The invention of the fi rst human-piloted fl ight quickly sparked interest throughout Europe.
Compare three similar examples, one sold at Christie’s New York, 30th March 2005, lot 380; another illustrated in Robert H. Blumenfi eld, Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley, 2002, pl. 81A; the third in P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 128B, from the author’s collection.