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The magician-alchemist
Photo Cees Wouda
6.7" x 5.9" x 4.7"
€ 295
wood, stoneware clay
Oleum opeam et perdis, oil and work/sweat wasted, in other words, futile effort.
Alchemy/magic not only has to do with the 'quackery' art of gold making, but also with a secular teaching to upliftment of the soul. A magic box with associated symbols.
Painted wooden betel nut box with ceramics.
Stoneware clay glazed, fired at 1220°C, fired with gold lustre at 750°C.
From the series Holy Holy.
