After a model by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), Italian, Doccia factory, circa 1750, F igure group of Apollo and Daphne (detail), in the white porcelain, 49.1cm., 19 3/8 in. high. Estimate 100,000 — 125,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. LONDON .- On...

A Venetian Chalcedony trembleuse beaker and stand, first half 18th century. Photo courtesy Bonhams. The glass marbled in tones of brown and green, the beaker with aventurine inclusions and of footed trumpet form, the stand with a deep central well and...

A Italian gilt-bronze and Sicilian Jasper Mounted Frame, Roman or Neapolitan, first half 18th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's the arched cresting with a sunburst motif above a later oval mirror plate within a lunette cast border surmounted by an eagle...