Dice Collection (#6)

Vanitas Life Vanitas life table skull songbook
Vanitas Still Life Vanitas still life, Vanitas still life. On a table are a skull, a songbook, a document with a large seal with the Dutch lion, a flute, a globe, dice, soap bubbles and an oil lamp

Italian Harbor left sea right large round tower
Italian Harbor, Italian Harbor. On the left the sea, on the right a large round tower of a city wall. A group of men rest and dice on the floor in front of the tower

Crucifixion De Passie series title Christ cross
Crucifixion De Passie (series title), Christ on the cross between the two other crucifixions. At the foot of the cross among others the three Marys and Longinus with his lance

Umbria Perugia Sant Anatolia di Narco S. Maria delle Grazie, this is my Italy, the italian country of visual history, Exterior views of this 16th century church are found in the Medieval core

Man Dice 1800s Japan 19th century Ivory
Man with Dice, c 1800s. Japan, 19th century. Ivory; overall: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)

Dice Maker. 19Th Century Reproduction Of 16Th Century Woodcut By Jost Amman

Interior of chevrolet bel air; edmonton alberta canada

Pair of dice with comic verse on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Pair of dice with comic verse on a Christmas card
Pair of dice with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America, May 11, 1782

NEW YORK CITY, 1938. Boys playing on a stoop in Harlem, New York City. Photograph by Jack Allison, 1938

Cross section biomedical illustration of Stereopsis

Shops on Motomachi, Yokohama, Japan
Motomachi - a district of Naka Ward in Yokohama, Japan, which consists mainly of the Motomachi Shopping Street, a five-block long stretch of boutiques and shops

Monopoly board game. This game was developed in 1934 by an American, Mr Charles Darrow. Today, Monopoly is the best-selling board game in the world, produced in 26 languages and sold in 80 countries

USA, Massachusetts, Gloucester. Fuzzy dice with US flag in 1950s-era convertible, antique car show

Italy, Treviso, Theseus and Pirithous playing dice for Helen, 1831
Odorico Politi (1785-1846), Theseus and Pirithous Playing Dice for Helen, 1831

Chopped Potato

Women playing knucklebones (astragaloi) and standing figures of goddesses Latona, Niobe and Phoebe from Italy
Roman civilization, 1st century A.D. Women playing knucklebones (astragaloi) and standing figures of goddesses Latona, Niobe and Phoebe, painting on marble, 49x42 cm. From Herculaneum

The backgammon players. Artist: Rosati, Giulio (1858-1917)
The backgammon players. From a private collection

Easy come, easy go, 1661. Artist: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)
Easy come, easy go, 1661. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Interior With A Woman Feeding A Parrot Two Men Playing Backgammon And Other Figures (The Parrot Cage), 1670. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Soldiers playing dice before the city of Caesarea. Miniature from the Historia by William of Tyre, 1460s. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque de Geneve

Backgammon Players, c. 1645. Artist: Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690)
Backgammon Players, c. 1645. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Card and Backgammon Players. Fight over Cards, 1620-1629. Artist: Rombouts, Theodor (1597-1637)
Card and Backgammon Players. Fight over Cards, 1620-1629. Found in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Flemings Playing Dice, 17th century. Artist: Adriaen van Ostade
Flemings Playing Dice, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Palace Gatchina, St Petersburg

Egyptian Village, 1869. Artist: Henry Pilleau
Egyptian Village, 1869

Vase-painting of Achilles and Ajax playing dice
A vase-painting of Achilles and Ajax playing dice, found in an Etruscan tomb at Villa Giulia

Celtic iron age gaming pieces from the Welwyn Garden City burials, now in the British Museums collection

Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678. Artist: Ostade, Adriaen Jansz
Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678. Found in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna

Egyptian dice

Japanese ivory of a dice painter, 19th century

The Royal Game of Ur, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. This game board is one of several with a similar layout found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur

Dice painter, Japanese, c1860. Bone carving

Detail of a Roman floor mosaic showing dice players, 3rd century
Detail of a Roman floor mosaic showing dice players, from a dining room at El Jem, Tunisia. From the Bardo Museums collection in Tunis, 3rd century

Dice Makers Workshop, 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman
Dice Makers Workshop, 16th century

Medieval history. Scandinavia. Different objects with the mark of owner. In the background, dice and backgammon pieces. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Label design, Don t Cry Sweet Potatoes
Label design, Don t Cry Louisiana Commercial Sweet Potatoes. early 20th century

Medieval era. Craps players. Miniature Livre de Bonnes Meur
Medieval society. Craps players. Miniature Livre de Bonnes Meurs by Jacques Le Grand (m.1415). French school

The Gamblers, c. 1640, by David Teniers the Younger (1610-16
David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690). Flemish painter. The Gamblers, c. 1640. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Chinese men playing a game of dice.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Two geishas playing dice
Two geishas rolling the dice in a country setting. Artist: Raphael Kirchner Date: circa 1901

Scene of Tavern Life in Pompeii
Fresco wall painting of Tavern Life in Pompeii with two men playing dice or knucklebones

Greyhound racing on board the Berengaria
Mimic greyhound racing, at the height of its popularity among smart society in 1930, on board the transatlantic passenger liner, the Berengaria

The Prince of Orange is given conflicting advice how to play his game of dice with the king of Spain. Date: circa 1639

BEACH, c1944. Women rolling giant dice on the beach. Photograph, c1944

GAMBLING: DICE GAME. Men in uniform gambling on a dice game. Photograph, early 20th century

Digital illustration of ace of spades and two dice on top of face down cards

The Five Senses, or Summer, 1633 (oil on canvas)
XIR91435 The Five Senses, or Summer, 1633 (oil on canvas) by Stoskopff, Sebastian (1596/99-1657); Musee de l Oeuvre de Notre Dame, Strasbourg, France; (add.info.: Les Cinq Sens ou l Ete; ); French

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"Dice: A Game of Chance, Art, and Symbolism" In the world of ancient art, they have left their mark. From the intricate black-figure pottery to the detailed Attic vase depicting Achilles and Ajax playing dice, these small objects hold great significance. The vanitas painting on canvas reminds us that life is like a game of snakes and ladders - full of ups and downs determined by chance. Even in the vast universe, chance plays its part. Andrea Mantegna's Crucifixion painting captures this concept beautifully as it portrays Jesus on the cross, symbolizing both sacrifice and fate intertwined. Along Scarborough Promenade Wall Of Water, we are reminded that just like waves crashing against rocks, luck can change in an instant. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner, " "Game is done. " This phrase echoes through time as a reminder that every roll of the dice brings us closer to our destiny. Charles Cotton's Compleat Gamester frontispiece illustration takes us back to 17th-century gambling culture in America when they were at their peak popularity. But games involving it can not limited to humans alone; even mummies dabbled with them. Archaeological evidence shows that ancient Egyptians enjoyed dicing for entertainment during their afterlife rituals. And let's not forget about Jesus on the Cross from 15th-century artwork or William Hogarth's Rake's Progress series where gambling leads to ruin. Dice may seem simple objects used for amusement or gambling purposes but they carry profound symbolism throughout history. They remind us that life is unpredictable - sometimes we win big while other times we lose it all. So next time you roll those little cubes, remember that within them lies a reflection of our own existence – a game where chance intertwines with destiny itself.