18th century
35.56 cm (14 in.)
dagger: watered steel with gold inlay and ivory hilt; wooden scabbard covered in leather
19th centuryPersianStone
20th centuryChineseWatered steel, gold
17th centuryPersianIron
JapaneseBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianLead
3rd century BCEEgyptianWatered steel with gold overlay
17th centuryPersianBronze with turquoise inlays (inscription cast on both sides of the sword guard)
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLeaded bronze
2nd millennium BCENear EasternLead
RomanMetal
19th centuryJapanese