Edo period,
8.57 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Bronze with turquoise inlay
11th-8th century BCEChineseMalachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseWatered steel with gold overlay
17th centuryPersianIron
ChineseBronze
9th-8th century BCEIranianLead
Volcanic stone
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianBronze
6th-2nd century BCENear EasternBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianMetal sword; scabbard with silver decoration
19th centuryBhutaneseIron
Japanese