Asta Bidspirit | ”Le Roi Soleil” porcelain dinner
”Le Roi Soleil” porcelain dinner service, Rosenthal designed by Gianni Versace - 197 pieces comprising 14 underplates, 15 soup plates, 32 dinner plates, 17 dessert plates, 6 square appetizer plates, 14 soup cups with relative plate, 2 circular salad bowls, 1 pot with lid, 3 octagonal trays of different sizes, 1 butter dish, 3 square ashtrays, 2 candlesticks, 2 obelisks, 6 faceted vases (one of which is smaller), 1 salt shaker, 12 napkin rings, 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 teapot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl with lid and plate, 1 creamer, 10 coffee cups with relative plate and 12 American coffee cups with 10 plates (slight chips)Prov.: Sotheby's New York, 2004, n. 175 as per adhesive label; formerly Sotheby's New York, The Collection of Gianni Versace, 6 April 2001, lot 284Bibl.: some pieces published in R.Strong, Do not disturb, Milan, 1995, p. 98 and p. 323