Edo period,
8.57 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Bronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianMetal with wood and leather handle
18th-19th centuryLead
Watered steel, jade
17th centuryMughalIron
JapaneseBronze
6th-2nd century BCENear EasternElectrotype of bronze original with gold; engraved
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanBronze
13th-11th century BCEChineseBronze
ChineseBronze
ChineseCast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
Chinese