25th-24th century BCE
12.2 x 2 cm (4 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Purchased by David Gordon Mitten at the bazaar in Izmir, Turkey, during the summer of 1960.
Copper-lead-arsenic alloy
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianGreen nephrite
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseStone
ChinesePale greenish white nephrite with brass fittings; the steel blade with embellished brass handle and red hardstone handle end; Mughal style
18th-19th centuryChineseWatered steel, jade
17th centuryMughalCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEEuropeanIron
JapaneseBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianWatered steel with gold inlay
17th centuryPersianSteel with traces of copper
16th-17th centuryIndianBronze
ChinesePolished dark stone
3rd millennium BCEChinese