Sale 1314
11 December 2003, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Price Realised USD 17,925
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
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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.
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s.
Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR