circa 3000 BCE-2000 BCE
L. 35.2 cm (13 7/8 in.)
Cast bronze
16th-11th century BCEChineseBronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianSword with ivory and bronze hilt; wooden scabbard
18th centuryIndianBronze
13th-11th century BCEChineseArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEGreekBlade: 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 centuryFrenchBronze
ChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanSteel blade with chased and chiseled decoration, wooden handle with decorative inlays of metal, stone, coral, and mother of pearl
19th-20th centuryIndonesian