date uncertain
H. 3 x W. 5 cm (1 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Cast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianBronze with turquoise inlay
11th-8th century BCEChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseWatered steel, gold
17th centuryPersianBronze
13th-11th century BCEChinese
Bronze, iron
4th century BCEIron
JapaneseBronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanMetal
ChineseCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIrish