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Design of tea tins is very often inspired by Chinese or Japanese themes. The pagoda displayed on the tin very, very closely resembles the over 1000 years old Brick Pagoda in Nanxiang, China. Please check it out out here: http://www.shanghai-pictures.com/shanghai-page/42-brick-pagoda-in-nanxiang.htm So-called “chinoiseries” were in fashion in the West much earlier. Chinese pagodas were templates for pagodas built in Europe in parks and gardens. Here are some examples: The Chinese pagoda in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens, in London, England: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/places/kew/pagoda.html http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/england/london/kewgardens/kew3.html The Chinese House/Tower in The Chinese Garden in Oranienbaum, Germany: http://www.oranienbaum.de/stadt/sta_gbr.html The Chinese Tower in the English Garden in Munich, Germany: http://www.lexikon-definition.de/Englischer-Garten-in-Muenchen.html |