15-Piece White & Blue Tea Set

Inspired by Puccini's famous opera, the pattern Turandot pays homage to eighteenth-century chinoiserie, a source of inspiration also for Rosenthal's very first projects in the 19th century. Gianni Cinti transformed the image of a Chinese lake with bamboo, peony petals, dragonflies and gingko leaves with calligraphic precision on fine porcelain. The pattern seems very evocative and understandable at first sight, but it gets more sophisticated and delicate the longer you look at it. In this tea set as well, the object is an invitation to an entire world, an imperial garden of the Tang Dynasty.