Philippe Pasqua presents this ashtray in painted marble, combining skull imagery with Eastern motifs to articulate a dialogue between Western and Eastern visual traditions. The dragon depicted on the surface symbolizes ascension, vitality, and majesty, while the lotus signifies auspiciousness, harmony, and abundance.

These traditional cultural symbols are interwoven with Pasqua’s enduring concerns with life and existence, transforming a functional object into a work of symbolic depth and sculptural intensity. Here, the everyday form is elevated through layered cultural and conceptual resonance.