A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE en Christie's

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A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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• $17,925
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Sale Information

Sale 1314
antiquities
11 December 2003
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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

Pre-Lot Text

THE PROPERTY OF A
MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR

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.