Lot n° 154
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 545EUR
SICILY, VERUS by ABHIKA, 20th century - Lot 154
SICILY, VERUS by ABHIKA, 20th century
Pair of earthenware planters forming Moorish heads, man and woman, with turbans adorned with turquoise-blue scrolls, yellow crowns with blue balls. Gold highlights. Signed.
Italian work.
H. 40 cm.
These heads are based on a 12th-century Palermo legend in which a young woman falls in love with a Moorish king and marries him despite her parents' disapproval. She discovers that he is already married, and in a rage cuts off his head.
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