Head of Polyphemus the Cyclops, dark brown heads, vases, Sicilian Caltagirone ceramics, Design, home decoration, handcrafted ceramics.

Vase Head, different from the more common dark brown heads, it is in fact a single head that represents Polyphemus The Cliclope,
It is a modern design element that can be used as a vase because it is empty inside,
It was entirely handmade in shape and color,

this centerpiece is worked with a very particular technique called "third fire"
it is fired several times at high gradations with overlapping colors,
it gives it a final decoration that is always partly different,
this technique makes it even more unique than traditional monochromatic decorations.

And a large head that deserves a place in sight that highlights its particularity

Myth

THE LEGEND OF POLYPHEMUS

The legend of the giant Polyphemus is told in Homer's Odyssey.

Ulysses, after having lost his way back to Ithaca, lands in the land of the Cyclopes, disproportionate human figures with only one eye.

Achilles, at the head of 12 men, decides to enter the cave of the Cyclops, who in the meantime was keeping his flock at bay in the green valleys.

The Achaeans began to devour the large quantity of food they found inside the cave, until the Cyclops returned to his home. Having found the men sitting at his banquet, angry at the looting, he devoured two of them. Then he locked the others in the cave.

Ulysses, contemplating revenge, offered the wine he had brought with him from the ship as a gift: Polyphemus willingly accepted the drink, enjoying it in large quantities. Now drunk, he asked Ulysses his name, and he replied: "my name is Nobody". When the giant fell asleep, Odysseus avenged his companions by blinding him with a large glowing wooden beam.

Polyphemus shouted like a madman and tried, without success, to catch some Achaean. Then he moved the large boulder that closed the entrance, sure that Ulysses and his men would escape. However, these tied themselves under the bellies of the rams who came out as soon as Polyphemus moved the gigantic stone.

Ulysses and his companions quickly ran towards the ships moored on the coast and when the other Cyclopes came to Polyphemus' aid and asked who blinded him, he replied: "Nobody, it was Nobody".

Having seen the ships setting out to sea, the other Cyclopes explained to Polyphemus about Ulysses' escape. The Cyclops, furious and red with anger, detached three large boulders from the ground and threw them towards the sea, in a vain attempt to destroy the Greek ships.

These three immense boulders, the stacks, have remained motionless and unchanged, still admirable today in the waters that bathe Aci Trezza.