A pair of faience roof riders: Walking man with a pig's head
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) in 1937 by his daughter Gertraud Fuchs: auction Auktionshaus Rudolph Lepke Berlin, catalogue 2115, p. 11 - on 15.10 and on 16.10.1937 this ridge turret was auctioned under no. 104: "FAYENCE-DACHREITER: Gehender Mann mit einem Schweinskopf; gelblichweiß, grün und braun gla-siert. Höhe 31 cm. Ming. Abbildung Tafel 6".
According to the annotated Lepke catalogue (Kunsthistorische Bibliothek Den Haag) auctioned by an as yet unidentified art dealer Fürst for 85,- RM (estimate: 75,- RM). The copy of the minutes of the auction 2115 at the Reichskammer für bildende Künste notes "Fürst" in typescript and confirms the price of 85,- RM (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reichskammer für bildende Künste - Landesleitung Berlin); whereabouts unknown