Overall: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Iron
JapaneseBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianWatered steel with gold inlay
17th centuryPersianArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicCast bronze with black and greenish patina and remnants of oxidized cord on the hilt and traces of wood on the blade; inscription (added later) inlaid in gold
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLead
3rd century BCEEgyptianLead
Stone
20th centuryChineseBlade: steel with gold-filled incised decoration and inscriptions; handle: braided brass wire over fabric on a wooden core; guard: cast brass and gilt bronze, with profile portrait of Lafayette enframed in draped flags; lion-headed pummel: cast brass with gilt bronze decoration
18th centuryFrenchWatered steel, gold
17th centuryPersianBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinese