19th century
78.74 cm (31 in.)
Cast bronze
14th-11th century BCEChineseBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternStone
20th centuryChineseLead
3rd century BCEEgyptianBlade: 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
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternMixed copper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIranianArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianVolcanic stone
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianCopper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianElectrotype of original bronze blade with wood and agate; incised
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladic