475 BCE - 221 BCE
1.2 x 5.1 x 2 cm (1/2 x 2 x 13/16 in.)
Malachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEEuropeanBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternStone
20th centuryChineseCast bronze
14th-11th century BCEChineseGold
4th century BCEGreekBronze, silver rivets
2nd millennium BCEMinoanBronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianBronze inlaid with turquoise
16th-11th century BCEChineseIron
Japanese