Few objects are as deeply Sicilian as the testa di moro. The story goes back to 12th-century Palermo: a young woman of the Kalsa falls in love with a Moor, discovers he is promised to another, and in her grief turns his head into a planter so he will stay with her forever. Neighbours copied the shape in terracotta, balconies filled with them, and the testa di moro became a symbol of the island itself. Bevilacqua's version honours every traditional detail - the pomegranate crown, the rope-twist at the brow, the medallion earring, the painted gaze - but refines the whole. The silhouette is a little more sculptural, the face a little quieter, the palette pared back so the baroque scrollwork can breathe. Each head is hand-thrown, hand-painted, and glazed in Campofranco, Sicily. No two are identical.
