The Box of Asclepius is a medicine box, designed to keep medicines away from pets, children, and prying eyes. And, for that matter, my own eyes; I doubt that it's particularly healthy to dwell, even subconsciously, on sickness. Besides, your average pill bottle (indeed drug paraphernalia of any stripe) tends to be unsightly. 

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These factors motivated me to design a fine box -- a miniature temple to wellness. 

 

The wellness theme begins at the base. Asclepius [story of rod]. 

 

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Asclepius is the Greek god of medicine, and motifs across the box accordingly fall along medical lines. The upper molding, while superficially resembling old-fashioned bead-and-reel designs, in fact takes on the shape of vitamins and prescription pills. The lower molding adapts the serpent-entwined staff of Asclepius (commonly seen today as a logo on ambulances). Each panel of the box features a bas-relief with an allegorical scene. These silver-plated tableaux are AI-generated adaptations of paintings from the High Renaissance. The sliding lid draws heavily from the tomb of Alexander the Great.