Faience roof Rider: Squatting Bird (Pheasant?)

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: Auktion Auktionshaus Rudolph Lepke Berlin, Katalog 2115, S. 7 - on 15.10 and on 16.10.1937 this ridge turret was auctioned under no. 30: "FAYENCE-DACHREITER: Hockender Vogel (Fasan ?); hell- und dunkelbraun glasiert. Höhe 40 cm. Ming".

According to the annotated catalogue of the Lepke auction (Kunsthistorische Bibliothek Den Haag) auctioned by the Berlin art dealer Walter Fritzsche (Ernst Fritzsche, Wilhelmstraße 49, Berlin W8) for 62,- RM (estimated price: 75,- RM). The copy of the minutes of the auction 2115 at the Reichskammer für bildende Künste notes in typescript "Fritzsche" and confirms the price of 62,- RM (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reichskammer für bildende Künste - Landesleitung Berlin); whereabouts unknown