Ceramic handpainted relief tile featuring a mythological creature of Russian legends Sirin;. According to legends, old slavic symbols on the tiles will protect you from harm and will bring luck.

✨ It is made in the form of a bird Sirin. It is a bird from ancient Russian mythology. Sirin in Old Russian folklore is a large, strong, motley maiden-bird with a big chest, a beautiful face and a crown on his head. Sirin was endowed with magical functions of a protective nature, personified the beauty, happiness and joy of being.

We produce each tile by hand-pressing white earthenware clay into a plaster mold cast from our original hand-sculpted design based on the collections of 15th–17th-century Russian decorative tiles from Yaroslavl, Pskov, Moscow, Novgorod, Smolensk, Vladimir and Suzdal. This tile has its origin in the ancient Russian city of Yaroslavl.

✨ Majolica art is very popular in Russia. In the old days, Russian stoves were decorated with ceramic tiles. Exquisite handmade glazed tiles for centuries are used to decorate kitchens and bathrooms, churches and palaces, walls, and floors. It will look beautiful in the interior of your home or will become an original gift.

All of our tiles are hand-pressed and hand-painted with beautiful glazes. Because each tile is individually and completely handmade, the one I'll post to you is going to be a little different in shape and final result of glaze, from the one in the photos.

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📜 Sirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl). According to myth, the Sirin lived in Vyraj or around the Euphrates River.

This half-woman half-bird is directly based on the Greek myths and later folklore about sirens. She was usually portrayed wearing a crown or with a nimbus. Sirin sang beautiful songs to the saints, foretelling future blisses. The bird was dangerous. Men who heard her would forget everything on earth, follow her, and ultimately die. People would attempt to save themselves from Sirin by shooting cannons, ringing bells and making other loud noises to scare the bird off. Later (17-18th century), the image of Sirin changed and she started to symbolize world harmony (as she lives near paradise). People in those times believed only happy people could hear a Sirin, while only very few could see one because she is as fast and difficult to catch as human happiness. She symbolizes eternal joy and heavenly happiness.

According to folk tales, at the morning of the Apple Feast of the Saviour day, Sirin flies into the apple orchard and cries sadly. In the afternoon, the Alkonost flies to this place, beginning to rejoice and laugh. Alkonost brushes dew from her wings, granting healing powers to all fruits on the tree she is sitting on.

Height - 14 cm
Width - 14 cm
Thickness - 2 cm