2nd millennium BCE
2.7 x 4.1 x 8.5 cm (1 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
Leaded bronze
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19th centuryFrenchBronze
ChineseCast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianLeaded bronze
2nd millennium BCENear EasternSword with ivory and bronze hilt; wooden scabbard
18th centuryIndianBronze
9th-8th century BCEIranianBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseWatered steel, gold
17th centuryPersianIron
JapaneseArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranian