Dome

Distant view in spring with blooming trees; The park surrounding Schloss Sanssouci was begun by von Knobelsdorff in 1746-1748. A charming Chinese tea-house, begun in 1754 by Johann Gottfried Büring, has three vestibules embellished with sculptural groups based on Chinese motifs. (The building is trefoil shaped). The building is a unique, bizarre example of chinoiserie. Frederick the Great had it built, about seven hundred meters southwest of the Sanssouci Summer Palace, to adorn his flower and vegetable garden. Only after the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763 were the chambers inside the pavilion furnished. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 8/26/2015)