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Palermo Baroque decoration with vine leaves on a green background and acanthus leaves within sections

Continuous vine leaf decoration on green background and Federiciana braid on green background

The owl is the bird of wisdom

Vi siete mai chiesti il perchè della tradizione

Testa di Turco Uomo Grande Policroma H 34 cm Barocco Palermitano blue backgroundThe 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