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CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN
FROM ANTOINE LEBEL

(Lots 374 - 421 and 534 - 561)

THE CHOICE OF A FRENCH DEALER AND COLLECTOR

Scholar and dealer Antoine Lebel is well-known for his vast knowledge of French and Swiss armorial Chinese
export porcelain as well as for his eye for both charm and quality in European subject Chinese export porcelain.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Lebel passed his baccalaureat at the Lycee Henri IV in Paris and then received a BA
at the University of California, Berkeley in history of art, an MA at Columbia University in New York and a D.Phil. at
Oxford University. Lebel then took his academic passions into commerce, opening a business in Paris in 1996 in
the well known area of the Carré Rive Gauche near the Musée d’Orsay.
A leader in the French Asian Art trade, Lebel was elected by his peers to be a member of the Syndicat National des
Antiquaires board of directors in Paris. There he organized the Biennale des Arts Asiatiques, and afterwards the
Salon du Collectionneur, two important antiques fairs held in Paris in alternate years from the legendary Biennale
des Antiquaires. After ten years in Paris, he relocated in Brussels where he has run his gallery until now.
Lebel’s landmark work, French and Swiss Armorials on Chinese Export Porcelain of the 18th Century, published in
2009, was a major contribution to the feld, becoming an instant classic of Chinese export literature.
After more than thirty years in the business, Antoine Lebel has decided to take time of and sell part of his
collection, providing an opportunity for auction buyers to beneft from the eye of this respected dealer and
connoisseur.

Becky MacGuire

detail lot 386

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