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Watered steel, gold

Mottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan

Green nephrite

Oxide-encrusted bronze blade; bone-colored nephrite guard

Malachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard

Bronze with turquoise inlays (inscription cast on both sides of the sword guard)

Cast 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

Bronze

Pale greenish white nephrite with brass fittings; the steel blade with embellished brass handle and red hardstone handle end; Mughal style

Bronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold

Bronze

Bronze inlaid with turquoise

Cast bronze

Cast bronze

Cast bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze with turquoise inlay