Lot n° 157
Estimation :
80 - 100
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 495EUR
SICILY, VERUS by ABHIKA, 20th century - Lot 157
SICILY, VERUS by ABHIKA, 20th century
Earthenware cachepot forming a woman's head, with a large cream turban topped by a wreath of leaves and balls. Signed.
Italian work.
H. 50 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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