Teste di Moro 40 cm With Glossy Light Green Stripe Turban - Set of 2 vases

Teste di Moro 40 cm With Glossy Light Green Stripe Turban - Set of 2 vases

£741.09
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Teste di Moro With Light Green Stripe Turban is a decorative set consisting of 2 vases produced by the Fratelli Bevilacqua brand and available in MOHD selection.The story of the Teste di Moro comes to life around the year 1000, in full Arab domination, in the Kalsa district of Palermo, where a young Sicilian girl spent her time on the balcony watering her plants.One day a young Moor passed by and seeing her he felt madly in love with her and his sentiment was also reciprocated by the girl.But the young man was hiding a secret, beyond the sea a wife and her children awaited his return and once discovered, the girl killed him by beheading him.To keep it always with her, the young woman put his head inside a vase, planting basil which, watered with her tears, grew so luxuriant as to arouse the curiosity of the neighbors who, envious, commissioneted vases by local craftsmen with the same features as those of the girl.A narration handed down from year to year in the small shops of Sicilian artisans declined in different shapes and colors, each characteristic and traditional.The one proposed by the brand is a pair of Teste di moro made in ceramic with light green details that will give elegance and charm to all your rooms.