19th century
36.83 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Electrotype of bronze original with gold; engraved
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseLeaded bronze
16th-13th century BCEEuropeanLead or Pewter
Iron
JapaneseIron
3rd-7th centuryRomanStone
ChineseNephrite
ChineseBronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternBlade: 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 centuryFrenchStone
20th centuryChineseCopper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolian