Protective Eye
(talisman)
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Turned on its side, the figure in this piece forms the pupil and iris of a
"protective eye." The widely spread superstition of the "evil
eye" concerns a envious eye which sometimes deliberately casts a spell
on another and other times unintentionally wills harm through jealousy. The
"protective eye,” often nicknamed the evil eye for the eye which
it references, deflects the ill will of the evil wisher. Sometimes the protective
eye shatters, indicating that it has absorbed and neutralized the harmful
gaze which caused it to break. Made from glazed red earthenware clay, the
back of this limited edition piece displays the artist's signature stamp and
the LQP chop mark, 1 1/2" high.
