Late Edo period, dated 8th month of 1854
85.4 x 3.9 cm (33 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Watered steel with gold overlay
17th centuryPersianLeaded copper
3rd millennium BCEIranianSteel with traces of copper
16th-17th centuryIndianLeaded arsenical copper
2nd millennium BCELevantineIron
JapaneseLead
GreekBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseMetal sword; scabbard with silver decoration
19th centuryBhutaneseIron
ChineseArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanBronze
Chinese