Faience roof rider: gable crowning, rider sitting on fabulous animal with sacrificial bowl (damaged)
Collection Eduard Fuchs, acquired between 1912-1922 and in his possession until 1933; 25.10.1933 confiscation by the Gestapo; forced sale (payment of Reichsfluchtsteuer) 1937 by his daughter Gertraud Fuchs: auction Auktionshaus Rudolph Lepke Berlin, catalogue 2115, p. 10 - on 15.10 and 16.10.1937 this ridge turret was auctioned under no. 97: "FAYENCE-DACHREITER, Giebelbekrönung: Auf Fabeltier sitzender Reiter mit Opferschale; gelb, grün und braun glasiert. Höhe 60 cm, Länge 56 cm. Ming (Beschädigt). Abbildung Tafel 4".
According to the annotated Lepke catalogue (Kunsthistorische Bibliothek Den Haag), auctioned by the Viennese art dealer Anton Exner, Paniglgasse 18-20, Vienna, who specialised in Asian art, for RM 55 (estimated price: RM 75). The copy of the minutes of the auction 2115 at the Reichskammer für Bildende Künste notes in typescript "Exner" and confirms the price of RM 55 (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reichskammer für bildende Künste - Landesleitung Berlin). The artwork was found at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna. Restitution negotiations are in preparation.