Adam's Country House Collections 12th & 13th October 2020

198 Country House Collections 571 AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY STATUE OF THE VIRGIN MARY, C.1700, modelled standing with hands clasped in prayer, wearing loose flowing robes, partially gilded, standing on a shaped base with winged putti, 19.5cm tall (incl. stand) * Provenance: Gifted to current owner by Ursula Guinness in c.1960 € 1,500 - 2,000 There has been a long tradition of ivory carv- ing on the Indian subcontinent with elabo- rate works of art made, often as diplomatic gifts, to be presented to Western rulers. Portuguese colonisation in India was first and foremost for an increase in power through trade and their domination of cer- tain routes. However, from the sixteenth century onwards, the arrival of Christian settlers and missionaries, added another dimension to the colonial expansion. The four main missionary Orders, the Augus- tinians, Jesuits, Dominicans and Francis- cans, built churches and aimed to con- vert the native populace to Christianity. Religious imagery in ivory assisted in the presentation of Christian imag- ery, as well as being exported back to churches, convents and private collectors in Europe. 569 A HANDSOME CUT-GLASS CLARET JUG, PROBABLY IRISH, C. 1800, the facetted neck above a deep bowl of flat-cut diamonds, and a small fluted swaggered band, the stepped base on a sloping lobed foot undercut with a diamond. 17 cm high € 1,000 - 1,500 570 A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF GEORGE II CUT-GLASS URNS AND COVERS, the lids with strigal fluted knops, above a band of diamonds and convex cut rim, the body with a deep matching band of diamonds above strigal fluting, the stepped facetted stem on star-undercut lobed bases. 63 cm high € 3,000 - 5,000 572 A BRONZED CLASSICAL FIGURE OF A BELLONA, ROMAN GODDESS OF WAR. 116cm high € 1,500 - 2,000