19th century
78.74 cm (31 in.)
Lead
Bronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseBlade: 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 centuryFrenchLead
Arsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianLead
Metal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseLeaded bronze
5th-4th century BCEGreekLead
Rock crystal
17th centuryIndianStone
ChineseElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaean