20th century
Red granite
2nd millennium BCEHurrianCast bronze with gilded silver and engraved steel
19th centuryFrenchBlade: steel with gold-filled incised decoration and inscriptions; handle: braided brass wire over fabric on a wooden core; guard: cast brass and gilt bronze, with profile portrait of Lafayette enframed in draped flags; lion-headed pummel: cast brass with gilt bronze decoration
18th centuryFrenchBronze with turquoise inlay
ChineseMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseSword with ivory and bronze hilt; wooden scabbard
18th centuryIndianBronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianBronze
6th-2nd century BCENear EasternBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternVolcanic stone
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianMetal, ivory handle, incised gold floral design
17th-18th centuryPersian