probably Western Zhou
L. 24.8 x W. 10.9 cm (9 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Dr. and Mrs. Milford D. Schulz purchased at the Louis Joseph auction company, Boston (ca. 1950s).
Lead
Leaded bronze
5th-4th century BCEGreekIron
JapaneseLeaded arsenical copper
2nd millennium BCELevantineLeaded copper
3rd millennium BCEIranianBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid, repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanIron
JapaneseBronze
9th-8th century BCEIranianBronze handle holding iron blade
9th-8th century BCEIranianArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteCopper
3rd millennium BCECypriot