19th century
36.83 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Bronze handle holding iron blade
9th-8th century BCEIranianBronze
13th-11th century BCEChineseCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseWatered steel, gold
17th centuryPersianStone
20th centuryChineseCopper alloy
3rd-2nd millennium BCEUnidentified cultureElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanSteel
19th centuryTurkishBronze with turquoise inlays (inscription cast on both sides of the sword guard)
5th-3rd century BCEChineseSilver
6th centuryAnglo-SaxonArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranian