Posted by Suzanne Turrisi on 24 Dec 2019
Merry Christmas to all I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
And thank you all for following The Sicilian House blog.
Salve
Suzanne
Notes:
The image posted is a part of the central panel of a 15th century Sicilian triptych painted by 'The Master of Alcamo'. This image was taken at Palazzo Abatellis, The Regional Art Gallery of Sicily, Via Alloro, Palermo, in September 2016.
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Two richly decorated Sicilian moor head vases, ( a couple in fact) created by Besnik Harizaj from the famous pottery town of Caltagirone and shipped to Australia for a wedding this spring, feature on this blog.
They are spectacular and the decorative ripe pomegranates and red chilli peppers are (as I found out) filled with serious meanings. Love, marriage, fertility and a young and the beautiful Greek Goddess, Persephone all surfaced when I started searching.
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