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988 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RICHARD
90 SOTHEBY’S LEHMAN GRAY

A PAIR OF ‘DEHUA’ ‘MONTGOLFIER
BALLOON’ EWERS
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH
CENTURY

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 10¾ in., 27.3 cm

In 1783 in France, two brothers, Joseph-Michel
and Jacques-Étienne Montgol er, successfully
launched the world’s rst hot-air balloon,
designed by Joseph-Michel. The invention of the

rst human-piloted 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. Blumen 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.

$ 7,500-12,500

㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨㛓ġġġ
⽟⊾䘥慱⬇㟤厚䅙㯋䎫⼊➟⢢ᶨ⮵

988

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A FAMILLE ROSE ‘HUNDRED DEER’
VASE
REPUBLIC PERIOD

of archaistic hu form painted with deer in a
mountainous landscape, with dragon-form
handles in iron-red and gilt, the base with an
apocryphal six-character Qianlong seal mark
Height 18 in., 45.7 cm

$ 10,000-15,000

㮹⚳ġġġ䰱⼑䘦渧⮲
˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫ầ㫦