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Teste di Moro e Pigne in Ceramica di Caltagirone
Autumn Queen Dark Brown Four Seasons Series - Dark Brown Woman Height 30 cm
(€161.25 / pz)
Testa di Moro collezione Quattro Stagioni - Autumn
The Ceramics of Caltagirone, with its marvelous artistic and artisanal masterpieces, is established and appreciated all over the world. The Moorish heads are one of the most characteristic symbols of Sicilian tradition and legend.
This Moro is the Autumn version. With Summer, Spring and Winter, it is part of the Four Seasons collection, inspired by nature and what alters its shapes and colours. Time, enclosed in a year and divided into four seasons.
Handmade by local artisans, each piece is unique and special!
Size: 19 x 30 cm
Decorum : Classic
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Heads of Moro Four Seasons in Caltagirone Ceramic - Autumn
The wonderful ceramics of Caltagirone is famous all over the world, produced and decorated by hand, as the tradition.
Made entirely by hand by local artisans, who, as with the most precious works of art, take care of every little detail and finish this wonderful sculpture using real crystal polished enamels to make it even more brilliant.
This Testa di Moro in its realization is inspired by nature and what alters its shapes and colors. Time, enclosed in a year and divided into four seasons.
A sumptuous white crown is applied to this Testa di Moro dedicated to Autumn and is decorated with colored grapes
It is one of the 4 Moro heads that make up the "Four Seasons" series, this represents Autumn, but you can also find Summer, Spring and Winter on our shop!
It is a very elegant sculpture, a wonderful piece of furniture perfect for any environment, from the classic to the most modern!
Its dimensions are 19 x 30 cm.
HISTORY OF THE MOOR'S HEADS
The Moorish heads are one of the symbols that best represent the tradition of Caltagirone ceramics.
These small sculptures are often used as decorative elements to embellish houses, theatres, cinemas, but also squares and cities
Its legend has various facets, the most macabre begins in Palermo in the Arab quarter 'Al Hâlisah, today called the Kalsa, where the sultan once stayed, due to the Arab domination in Sicily.
The sultan, one day seeing a girl passing under his balcony, fell in love with her. The girl reciprocated and from here a love story was born.
But the story changed when the girl discovered that the sultan had a family and children in her country of origin, so during the night she killed him with a sword and cut off his head, which once severed she used as a flower vase on his balcony.
Another legend, perhaps more realistic, says that the girl, who was of noble origins, had a clandestine love affair with a young Arab. This love, which was impossible for the times, when it was discovered by the girl's family caused a stir, leading to the beheading of the two young lovers.
The shame of this love would later be proclaimed by posting both heads, transformed into vases for the occasion, on a balcony. The massacre, exalted by the heads placed on passers-by, would have been a warning against any other possible unseemly passion.
For this reason the Sicilian Moorish Heads are made in pairs, in memory and in honor of the two murdered lovers.