Sale Title Antiquities
Location: New York, Rockefeller Plaza Sale Date Dec 11, 2003
Lot Number: 189 Sale Number 1314
Creator: Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Lot Title: A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE
Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 U.S. dollars
Pre-lot Text: THE PROPERTY OF A MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR
Lot Description: A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE - Circa 2nd Century A.D. Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with a distinct symbol on each of its faces 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) wide
Provenance: Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s.
Lot Notes: Several polyhedra in various materials with similar symbols are known from the Roman period. Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.
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