Piero Fornasetti Set of Eight Coasters, Il Mondo Alla Rovecia Pattern, (“The topsy-turvy world”)

Piero Fornasetti Complete Set of Eight Ceramic Coasters, Il Mondo Alla Rovecia Pattern, (“The topsy-turvy world”).

1950-60s.

The set of whimsical pottery barware ceramic coasters represent different scenes from an Opera, Il Mondo Alla Rovecia.

Dimensions: 4 1/8 inches diameter x 1 1/8 inches high.

With Salieri’s star on the wane, Il mondo alla rovescia (“The topsy-turvy world”) was coolly received by the Viennese in January 1795 and quickly fell into near-oblivion for over two centuries. It is an amusing comedy from an experienced master of opera buffa.

The mildly risqué action is set on a mythical island where women, Amazon-like, rule the roost and men are reduced to drooling subservience. The status quo is challenged with the arrival of two shipwrecked aristocrats, a Count and a Marquise, and a European vessel intent on their rescue – although, in keeping with contemporary taste, Mazzolà adapts Goldoni’s original ending to stress the Enlightenment virtues of reconciliation and tolerance of differences.  

With Salieri’s star on the wane, Il mondo alla rovescia (“The topsy-turvy world”) was coolly received by the Viennese in January 1795 and quickly fell into near-oblivion for over two centuries.

Mark: each marked FORNASETTI MILANO MADE IN ITALY.

(Ref: NY10146-ilm)

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