Majestic pair of Moor's Heads, with a crown wheel of Sicilian cart, splendid decoration in shades of green and precious details in gold. It is a Sicilian artistic ceramic, made and hand-painted by the master ceramists of Caltagirone.
It stands out for the richness and originality of the decoration, for the beauty of the face and details, combined with the brilliance of the colors and the velvety brightness of the ceramic.
Measure cm 55 in height.
My emotion:
As a child, in the garden of my uncles' house in Palermo, adorning the entrance of the avenue covered by grapevines, there were succulent plants spilling out of red terracotta pots, shaped like Moor's Heads. Every time I passed by, I looked at them with a mix of unease and fascination. It seemed to me that a form of life had crystallized in those strange objects and that at any moment the Moor's Head could come to life and speak.
