475 BCE - 221 BCE
guard: 1.1 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm (7/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.) sword: 62 cm (24 7/16 in.)
Bronze
1st millennium BCEChineseCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseElectrotype of original bronze blade with wood and agate; incised
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanLead
Lead
Watered steel, jade
17th centuryMughalMottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
11th-10th century BCEChineseCopper alloy
3rd-2nd millennium BCEEuropeanSilver
6th centuryAnglo-SaxonStone
20th centuryChineseRed granite
2nd millennium BCEHurrianCast bronze
14th-11th century BCEChinese