In Search of the Aesthetic: Two International Private Collections is the title of an auction of European sculpture and works of art at Dreweatts in Donnington Priory, Berkshire, on October 17.
Comprising 200 lots from the properties of a London apartment and a ‘connoisseur’, the sale incorporates European furniture, clocks, British and European ceramics and glass, Chinese ceramics and works of art, silver and decorative arts, pictures and scientific instruments. This pair of 19in (48cm) high parcel gilt and patinated bronze vases in the Neo-Grec taste were designed by Ferdinand Barbedienne and cast in c.1875 by bronzier Ferdinand Levillain. Estimate £5000-8000.