27.94 x 9.53 cm (11 x 3 3/4 in.)
Green nephrite
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseBronze with turquoise inlays (inscription cast on both sides of the sword guard)
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseBronze
13th-11th century BCEChineseOxide-encrusted bronze blade; bone-colored nephrite guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMalachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze inlaid with turquoise
16th-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 BCEChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseCast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChineseBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChinesePale greenish white nephrite with brass fittings; the steel blade with embellished brass handle and red hardstone handle end; Mughal style
18th-19th centuryChinese