Lot n° 156
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 458EUR
SICILY, VERUS by ABHIKA, 20th century - Lot 156
SICILY, VERUS by ABHIKA, 20th century
Pair of earthenware planters forming Moorish heads, man and woman, with blue turbans and crowns with blue balls. Gold highlights. Signed.
Italian work.
H. 41.5 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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