
The Franks Casket
First half of the 8th century AD · Carved whale bone
The lid and four of the five carved faces
The ancient world, and how it was moved. 16 artworks recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership.

First half of the 8th century AD · Carved whale bone
The lid and four of the five carved faces

c. 515 BC · Terracotta
Museo Archeologico Nazionale Cerite

c. 1503 · Basalt
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 161

7th century BC · Gold
Museo delle Civilta, Rome

2nd century AD · White marble
The Burrell Collection, Glasgow

c. 2550-2250 BC · Gold
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

AD 170-192 · Marble
Antalya Museum, Antalya

c. 425-400 BC · Pseudo-acrolithic
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Aidone, Aidone

c. 350 BCE · Bronze
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

c. 150-50 BC · Cartonnage
Arab Republic of Egypt

c. 1600 BC · Clay
Iraq Museum, Baghdad

1st century BC · Bronze
Musei Capitolini
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