Ancient Art and Antiquities Catalogue


Object Type: Game Pieces (18 Items)

Roman Egyptian limestone dice.
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Title: Roman Egyptian limestone dice.
Item Code: e2950b
Description: Roman Egyptian limestone dice.
Origin: Roman period, circa 1st to 4th century A.D. Egypt
Dimensions: 15 mm x 13 mm
Condition: Minor ancient wear evident.
Price: AUD $150.00 USD $105.00 EUR €79.50
Status: Available
Bactrian bronze gaming piece in the form of a knucklebone.
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Title: Bactrian bronze gaming piece in the form of a knucklebone.
Item Code: e2971
Description: Bactrian bronze gaming piece in the form of a knucklebone.
Origin: Circa 2nd millennium B.C.
Dimensions: Length: 15 mm
Condition: Intact with some ancient wear and verdigris patination.
Price: AUD $50.00 USD $35.00 EUR €26.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: a7056
Description: A large Roman glass marble.
Rejoined across centre; some surface loss also evident.
Origin: Roman period, circa 2nd-4th century A.D. Egypt
Dimensions: Diameter: 35 mm
Price: AUD $190.00 USD $133.00 EUR €100.70
Status: Available
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Item Code: a7054
Description: Islamic bone die with stamped circular motif.
Origin: Circa 7th to 10th century A.D. Egypt
Dimensions: Length: 78 mm / width: 12 mm
Price: AUD $450.00 USD $315.00 EUR €238.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: 09667
Description: Two early Islamic gaming pieces, the larger example of agate, the other of chalcedony.
Both intact, with excellent wear and patina.
Origin: Circa 10th-13th century A.D. Greater Persia
Dimensions: Heights: 36 mm / 34 mm ; Diameters: 22 mm / 12 mm
Price: AUD $190.00 USD $133.00 EUR €100.70
Status: Available
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Item Code: a5755
Description: A fragmentary glazed faience figurine of Harpocrates, the infant Horus.
A fully three-dimensional figure with flat, circular base; possibly a large game piece.
Origin: Roman period, circa 1st-2nd century A.D. Egypt
Dimensions: Height: 62 mm
Price: AUD $650.00 USD $455.00 EUR €344.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: a6092
Description: An early Islamic alabaster chess piece in the form of a stylized head of a horse.
Intact.
For a similar example in rock crystal, cf Sotheby's, New York, Antiquities, December 2004, lot 335.
Origin: Fatimid period, circa late 10th-11th century A.D. Egypt
Dimensions: Height: 52 mm
Price: AUD $850.00 USD $595.00 EUR €450.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: 07077
Description: A large pottery marble with green, white and circular design defined with yellow glaze.
Minor loss to glaze, some encrustation consistent with age.
Origin: Han dynasty, ca 202 B.C. to 220 A.D. China
Dimensions: Diameter: 2.8 cm
Price: AUD $75.00 USD $52.50 EUR €39.75
Status: Available
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Item Code: t4479
Description: A group of three Chinese glazed ceramic marbles.
Collected in the Geelvinck Bay area, Irian Jaya.
Origin: Circa 19th century or earlier.
Dimensions: Maximum diameter: 22 mm
Price: AUD $80.00 USD $56.00 EUR €42.40
Status: Available
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Item Code: 05977
Description: A group of 20 (twenty) early Islamic stone game pieces.
Includes examples in carnelian, banded agate, rose quartz, chalcedony and various other types of stone.
Origin: Circa 9th-10th century A.D. Persia / Afghanistan
Dimensions: Maximum diameter: 4 cm
Price: AUD $1,850.00 USD $1,295.00 EUR €980.50
Status: Available

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