Watered steel, jade
17th centuryMughalOxide-encrusted bronze blade; bone-colored nephrite guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
11th-10th century BCEChineseGreen nephrite
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseLeaded copper
5th century BCEGreekMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseCast bronze with black and greenish patina and remnants of oxidized cord on the hilt and traces of wood on the blade; inscription (added later) inlaid in gold
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMixed copper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIranianIron
JapaneseBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-Hittite