Antique Handmade Bone Dice with Wooden Dice Cup antique flowers painting I look as readymade painterly

I look as readymade painterly sculptures

This one I found at a multi-dealer shop in Concord

) I'm just in love with the drama of it all

and with a profile to match

became popular in China during the Song Dynasty (960-1279)

Antique Handmade Bone Dice with Wooden Dice Cup antique flowers painting I look as readymade painterlyAs with handmade bone dominoes, I think I'll never get over the beauty of antique bone dice, the more off square, and the more irregularly placed the dots, the better. I found all of these together, inside of this dice cup, which is turned wood with a a sort of red waxed paper rolled around it. There were a few tiny glass ones too, not pictured here, but which I'll include as a bonus. Cup measures 3" tall x 1 9 16" in diameter. Dice measure between 3