DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Leading the Autumn’s Arrival auction at Akiba Galleries on September 12 was this spectacular pair of French bronze and enamel vases of a type shown at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle. The 2ft 1in pair on polished slate bases combine the talents of two giants of late 19th-century French decorative arts, the Parisian foundry of Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-92) and the pioneering furniture designer Édouard Lièvre (1828-86).