A Fish from Seminara
/Apparently, CC went to Seminara once I wasn't in Calabria. Seminara, a little village around 7 km from Palmi, is known to "insiders" for its pottery and ceramic art work. When you google the site, you do not find much. Maybe something about a battle in 1495 on wikipedia. If you search further, you might find something more interesting about Seminara's golden age during Renaissance here.
Nowadays, Seminara is known in Calabria for it's interesting unusual and sometimes bizarre pottery. The fish above seems just harmless among some grotesque faces and babbuino masked objects. The scary faces originally were supposed to protect from evil. Similar like it is found in some Turkish and Greek art work. Due to trading around the Mediterranean sea the styles influenced each other. Therefor, you find egg. in Seminara and Sicily these ceramic heads, influenced by Arabic Moors. And I guess, that's why it's possible that Seminara craft men might have influenced Picasso (France) and Dali (Spain).
Interesting are also the jars that are imitating by the look of sea urchins (ricci) and artichokes (carciofi).
Another more detailed source about ceramics from Seminara is cultura italia in italian language.
From what I know, two of the most successful artists in Seminara are Paolo Candurso and Domenico Ditto.
If you have more information about Seminara's pottery and its artist, please leave a comment.