Indo-Portuguese Goa Finely Carved Ivory Figure of the Infant Christ

An Indo-Portuguese Goa Finely Carved Ivory Figure of the Infant Christ as Saviour of the World ‘Salvator Mundi’
The hair with traces of polychrome and gilding
An old label to reverse of wood stand inscribed ‘Messel Collection’
First half of the 18th Century

Size: 24.5cm high - 9½ ins high / 29cm high - 11¼ ins high (with base)

Provenance:
Ex Irish Private collection
Ex Messel collection