18th century
75.57 cm (29 3/4 in.)
Watered steel with gold inlay
17th centuryPersianSteel
17th centuryPersianLead
Lead
Bronze
11th-8th century BCEChineseBronze with turquoise inlays (inscription cast on both sides of the sword guard)
5th-3rd century BCEChineseIron
JapaneseIron
JapaneseElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseRed granite
2nd millennium BCEHurrianSteel with traces of copper
16th-17th centuryIndian