Metal
ChinesePolished dark stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with black and greenish patina and remnants of oxidized cord on the hilt and traces of wood on the blade; inscription (added later) inlaid in gold
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
ChineseBronze
ChineseStone
20th centuryChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseStone
ChineseStone
20th centuryChineseMottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
11th-10th century BCEChineseBronze
13th-11th century BCEChinese