Palermo Baroque decoration with vine leaf on blue background and vine shoots within sections

Pair of heads h 18 The tradition of making anthropomorphic plant holders was born around the year 1000 in the Kalsa district of Palermo

Peacock feather decoration

the ceramic owl is nothing more than a vase (made up of the animal's body) with a lid (the animal's head)

trascorreva le giornate coltivando e curando le piante del suo giardino

Testa di moro Donna Media Policroma H 25 cm Vasi Palermo Baroque decoration with vineThe tradition of making plant holders in the shape of a head comes from a legend according to which a young girl from Palermo cut off the head of her beloved Arab, having failed to convince him to stay by her side forever in the city of the golden basin. Then, to make the memory of her only love "sacred", she planted basil in the head, which, having grown lush, would have aroused the envy of the neighbors, who had terracotta heads made to grow the