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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germanyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1755-1764 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBüring, Johann Gottfrieden_US
dc.date1755-1764en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T14:36:58Z
dc.date.available2016-06-14T14:36:58Z
dc.date.issued1755-1764en_US
dc.identifier263818en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3348en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/179876
dc.descriptionDistant 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)en_US
dc.format.mediumgold leaf; copper; sandstone; painten_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectbotanicalen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectGardensen_US
dc.subjectPrussiaen_US
dc.subjectChina tradeen_US
dc.subjectpavilionsen_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectRococoen_US
dc.subjectChinoiserieen_US
dc.titleChinese House [garden pavilion, Sanssouci]en_US
dc.title.alternativeChinesisches Hausen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-BURING-CH-A01en_US
vra.culturalContextGermanen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes), construction (assembling), painting and painting techniquesen_US
vra.worktypegarden structureen_US
dc.contributor.displayJohann Gottfried Büring (German architect, 1723-ca. 1788)en_US


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