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Selected Works Game’s On!

Embark on a discovery of the games, toys and ludi that entertained our ancestors! Games are not merely everyday objects. The most talented artists could embellish and transform them into true works of art.

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Near Eastern Antiquities

Board game, the so-called...

Iron Age, c. 11th-9th centuries BC

Necropolis B, Tomb 217, Tepe Sialk, Iran
Paintings

Pieter de HOOCH (Rotterdam, 1629-Amsterdam, 1684)

Card Players in an Opulent Interior

Circa 1663-65
Decorative Arts

Léonard LIMOSIN

Chess and trictrac board

1537
Decorative Arts

Chess set

Late 15th century and 17th century
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Cup with Victorious Charioteer

4th-5th century AD

Provenance unknown
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Discus thrower or...

Roman, Imperial (1st-2nd century AD?)
Egyptian Antiquities

Game board in the form of a...

Late Dynastic Period, 27th-30th Dynasty, 525-332 BC
Egyptian Antiquities

Game box in the name of Imenmes

Circa 1300 BC
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Girl playing knucklebones

C. 330-320 BC

Provenance: Athens Acropolis
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Helmet of a Thracian Gladiator

Troisième quart du Ier siècle ap. J.-C.

Found in the gladiators' barracks at...