Edo period,
8.57 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Leaded bronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternStone
20th centuryChineseLead
Cast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianIron
JapaneseWatered steel with gold overlay
17th centuryPersianLead
Blade: 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 centuryFrenchWatered steel, gold
17th centuryPersianNephrite
ChineseMetal
19th centuryJapaneseCopper
12th-10th century BCEIranian