Faience roof rider: Devil standing above clouds




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. 34 - on 15.10 and on 16.10.1937 this ridge turret was auctioned under no. 543: "FAYENCE-DACHREITER: Über Wolken stehender Teufel; türkis, gelb und schwarz glasiert. Höhe 32 cm. Ming".
According to the annotated Lepke catalogue (Kunsthistorische Bibliothek Den Haag) auctioned by the manager Heinrich Peters (China-Bohlken, Potsdamer Straße 126, Berlin-Mitte) for RM 33 (estimated price: RM 40). The copy of the minutes of the auction 2115 at the Reichskammer für Bildende Künste notes in typescript "Bohlken" and confirms the price of 33,- RM (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reichskammer für bildende Künste - Landesleitung Berlin); whereabouts unknown