Faience roof rider: A pair of temple devices to set up incense candles
Collection Eduard Fuchs, probably acquired after 1924 and in his possession until 1933; 25.10.1933 confiscation by the Gestapo; forced sale (payment of Reichsfluchtsteuer) by his daughter Gertraud Fuchs: auction Auktionshaus Rudolph Lepke Berlin, catalogue 2115, p. 37 - on 15.10 and on 16.10.1937 this temple utensil was auctioned under no. 598: "EIN PAAR FAYENCE-TEMPELGERÄTE zum Aufstellen von Räucherkerzen. Grün und gelb gla-siert. Höhe 21 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 19,- RM (no estimate). The copy of the minutes of the auction 2115 at the Reichskammer für bildende Künste notes in typescript "Exner" and confirms the price of 19,- RM (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reichskammer für bildende Künste - Landesleitung Berlin); possibly this object is in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna