19th century
78.74 cm (31 in.)
Steel, watered steel, and gold
18th-19th centuryIndianBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseSteel, jade
19th centuryIndianSpearhead: steel; Sheath: wood, leather
17th-20th centuryIndianMottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
11th-10th century BCEChineseLead
Cast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChineseBronze with turquoise inlays (inscription cast on both sides of the sword guard)
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMetal sword; scabbard with silver decoration
19th centuryBhutaneseSpearhead: steel; Sheath: wood, leather
17th-20th centuryIndianCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEHittite