Moor's head woman with paladin's helmet made by Terrecotte del Sole, glazed in matt white and decorated in green and yellow.
 
Height 33 cm.
 
Length 22 cm.
 
Depth 12.5 cm.
 
The traditional ceramic vases in the shape of a dark brown's head so famous in Sicily that they became, in time, one of the representative symbols of the island. Traditionally, Moor's Heads adorn the balconies of homes and often appear as a decorative element in Sicilian living rooms. However, the singular shape of the Moor's Heads (or "graste" in Sicilian dialect) derives from a dark legend set in Palermo, a legend that not everyone knows.