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ChinesePale greenish white nephrite with brass fittings; the steel blade with embellished brass handle and red hardstone handle end; Mughal style
18th-19th centuryChineseStone
20th centuryChineseStone
20th centuryChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
ChineseStone
20th centuryChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseOxide-encrusted bronze blade; bone-colored nephrite guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
13th-11th century 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 BCEChineseStone
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