Biscuit Lady Figurine

This is probably the best piece of biscuit porcelain by Meissen I have ever come across! A rare unglazed porcelain figurine made by Meissen in about 1785. The biscuit or bisque pieces are not easy to find from this period or any other made by Meissen and this one is a stunner. I love it since the detail is not hidden by the usual glaze and thus even better than the normal superb Meissen pieces. This figurine is of a semi barebreasted lady reading a book with a skull used to prop the book up. It is the penitent Magdalena which I have not seen as a figurine but is very common on porcelain plaques. She has beautiful long flowy hair, a cloth robe covering most of her up, hands folded together with the detailed book in front of her and probably the most amazing skull I ahve ever seen done in porcelain under the book. All on a large rectangular base which is simple but shows the piece off perfectly! The figurine is in great condition with a chip to the back of the base, two more minor munchers to the base one of which looks like a factory flaw, a small chip to a corner of the book, one chip to the robe, one finger is chipped and the toes on her feet have damage to them. The skull separated from the book during the firing. That being said she displays amazingly and is just superb. Could use a cleaning which I will probably take care of since she is getting a top spot in my house :)The piece is not marked which is a bit unusual but the only other copy I could find of her als is unmarked except for the model number H31. A very rare piece which is derived from a painting by Pompeo Batoni that entered the Royal Saxon collections in the 1750s. Christian Gottfried Jüchtzer, the modeler to which this piece is attributed, used the biscuit porcelain to make it look like marble. The figure is rather large and heavy being 5.75 inches tall, 11 inches wide and 5.5 inches deep. Please email me for more information or other pictures.