c. 2500 BCE-2200 BCE
Cast bronze
11th century BCEChineseWatered steel with gold inlay
17th centuryPersianLeaded copper
3rd millennium BCEIranianStone
20th centuryChineseElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIrishBronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianIron
JapaneseBronze
2nd millennium BCEGreekBronze
ChineseLead
GreekMottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
11th-10th century BCEChinese