Featured Italian porcelain statue

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-italian-ceramic-figurine-462555619
This has an N crown and Batignani.
Not anything like yours, just pointing out the N.
Third pic, bottom left.

 

It reminds me of a Jeff Koons piece.

 

I wonder if it's one of their signatures that just looks like it starts with M.



https://www.ebay.it/itm/BATIGNANI-M...633425?hash=item43c8cc2f11:g:bhgAAOxyaTxTWCsP

 

Not yet,I will let yall know as soon as I do.

 

Intriguing ! Batignani it seems to be.

 

I haven’t responded yet because I can’t offer a positive identification. I have my suspicions but I need to do more research and one of my critical reference books is missing.What I can tell you is that this figurine is a work of art. This piece was not made in a mold. It was not mass produced. It was made of terracotta clay and then painted, gilded and glazed. This process is true to the early works of the Batignani family. Very few ceramicists worked with terracotta. It does not lend itself to mass production techniques and cannot be used in conjunction with modern machinery.
I don’t know if I can resolve the question of the signature but the piece is beautiful and worthy of being noticed.

 

Walter,thank you so very much ! I was hoping you'd chime in,but then I felt like I was being pushy so I backed off. I have the highest regard for your opinion so I am thrilled you think its special too.

 

this is a beautiful piece johnny, I hope Walter and/or the company have some great news for you