Box of Taurus

Interactive, articulated assemblage. 29.5 x 18 x 12 cm.

Date20 June 2022
StatusSold
Category,

    The box open to reveal its contents

    Part of my Zodiac boxes, which are based mainly (but not only) on the imagery and correspondences found in the magic treatise Ghāyat al-Hakīm (aka the Picatrix). As with all my boxes, the nature and meaning of the contents are not explicitly described so the viewer’s imagination can work on the contents and derive their own story from it.

    Unboxing:

    The closed box seen from the front

    Close-up on the plaque on the lid which reads "al-thawr"

    Open box showing a tray full of various objects and a white bull on the inside of the lid

    Detail of the bull's head, beaded and gilded

    A closer look at the tray from above

    The first set of objects

    Open box showing a tray full of various objects and a white bull on the inside of the lid, this time with two more compartments open

    A closer look at the tray from above with two compartments open

    The ibjects from the closed compartments

    The tray has been removed, revealing a lower tier with a labyrinth and a black minotaur's head at the centre

    A closer look at the bottom of the box from above

    Third set of objects

    A stone marble is pushed through the labyrinth

    Final set of objects

    Details

    A better look at the tray removed from the box and emptied of its contents

    The bottom of the tray, showing the Taurus constellation in gold

    Close-up of how one compartment is hinged

     

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