19th century
36.83 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Watered steel, jade
17th centuryMughalStone
ChineseBronze
ChineseCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEHittiteCast bronze
14th-11th century BCEChineseArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicIron
JapaneseCopper
15th-13th century BCEHittiteRed granite
2nd millennium BCEHurrianIron
JapaneseBlade: 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
6th-5th century BCEIranian