Faience roof rider: Wall coronation - Priest sitting on Ho-bird

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. 33 - on 15.10 and on 16.10.1937 this ridge turret was auctioned under no. 515: "FAYENCE-DACHREITER: Mauerbekrönung - Priester auf Hovogel sitzend; green and brown glazed. Height 23 cm. Ming".
According to the annotated Lepke catalogue (Kunsthistorische Bibliothek Den Haag), auctioned by the as yet unidentified art dealer or collector Zeckendorf for RM 32 (no estimate). The copy of the minutes of the auction 2115 at the Reichskammer für bildende Künste notes in typewritten form "Zeckendorf" and confirms the price of 32,- RM (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reichskammer für bildende Künste - Landesleitung Berlin); whereabouts unknown