Faience roof rider: Horse sitting on hind legs

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. 36 - on 15.10 and on 16.10.1937 this ridge turret was auctioned under no. 562: "FAYENCE-DACHREITER: Auf den Hinterbeinen sitzendes Pferd; gelb und türkisfarben glasiert. Höhe 32 cm. Ming".

According to the annotated Lepke catalogue (Kunsthistorische Bibliothek Den Haag) auctioned by Prof. Dr. Robert Schmidt (Director Berlin Schlossmuseum / Museum für Kunstgewerbe) for 25,- RM (estimate: 40,- RM). The copy of the minutes of the auction 2115 at the Reichskammer für bildende Künste notes "Schmidt" in typewritten form and confirms the price of 25,- RM (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reichskammer für bildende Künste - Landesleitung Berlin); whereabouts unknown