Faience roof rider: Man with helmet cap on horseback
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. 6 - on 15.10 and on 16.10.1937 this ridge turret was auctioned under no. 24: "FAYENCE-DACHREITER: Mann mit Helmkappe zu Pferde; grün, gelb und schwarz glasiert. Höhe 33 cm. Ming".
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 38 (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 38,- RM (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reichskammer für bildende Künste - Landesleitung Berlin); whereabouts unknown (probably Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna)