20th century
Watered steel with gold overlay
17th centuryPersianCast 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 BCEChinesePolished dark stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseLead or Pewter
Watered steel with gold inlay
17th centuryPersianBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseMixed copper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIranianBronze
ChineseMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicLead
GreekMetal blade with bone handle; leather scabbard
19th centuryMalaysian