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A few faience roof riders: High jumping fable lions
Lost Art-ID
582756
Artist / Creator
Title
A few faience roof riders: High jumping fable lions
Dating
Ming-Epoche 1368-1644
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ceramics (Clay) ; Glaze (Faience) yellow, green
Height
38.00 cm
Inventory number
Dachreiter 73 / Lepke 112
Description
Since no illustration is known, no description beyond the Lepke catalogue is possible.
Holding
Sammlung chinesischer Dachreiter (Tempelbekrönungen)
Provenance
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. 11 - on 15.10 and on 16.10.1937 this ridge turret was auctioned under no. 112: "EIN PAAR FAYENCE-DACHREITER: Hochaufspringende Fabellöwen; gelb und grün glasiert. Höhe 38 cm. Ming".
According to the annotated catalogue of the Lepke auction (Kunsthistorische Bibliothek Den Haag) bought by the Berlin art dealer Walter Fritzsche (Ernst Fritzsche, Wilhelmstraße 49, Berlin W8) for 64,- RM (estimated price: 150,- 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
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Dr. Dipl. Journ. Ulrich Weitz
Position
Agentur für Kunstvermittlung
Phone
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