20th century
44.13 x 11.75 cm (17 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Cast bronze with gilded silver and engraved steel
19th centuryFrenchStone
20th centuryChineseSteel with traces of copper
16th-17th centuryIndianMetal
19th centuryJapaneseCopper-lead-arsenic alloy
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianStone
ChinesePolished dark stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid, repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanCast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChineseOxide-encrusted bronze blade; bone-colored nephrite guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLead
Copper
15th-13th century BCEHittite