early 20th Century
Modern copy of sixteenth century original in the collection of the Museum of Antiquities, Berlin.
Sword with ivory and bronze hilt; wooden scabbard
18th centuryIndianLead
Bronze
ChineseLeaded bronze
4th century BCEGreekElectrotype of original bronze blade with wood and agate; incised
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianBronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseWood
JapaneseBronze
13th-11th century BCEChineseCopper-lead-arsenic alloy
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaean