Works of Art (32)
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Blade for a Katana (Sword), Muromachi period, dated 1526, Masazane (Japanese), Japanese, Steel (2001.574) |
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Blades and mountings for a pair of swords (daisho), long sword: dated 1440; short sword: 15th century; Muromachi period, Long sword (katana) inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen; short sword (wakizashi) attributed to Yasumitsu, Japanese, Steel; Short sword (wakizashi) (36.120.417,418) |
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Ceremonial Sword (Udamalore), 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.122) |
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Congressional presentation sword of Major General John E. Wool, 1854–55,
United States, possibly Baltimore,
Steel, gold, gilded brass, diamonds, rubies, wood, silver, textile (2009.8a–c) |
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Cross-hilt sword, 1600–1625,
England (London) and Germany (Solingen),
Iron, silver, wood, copper alloy, steel, and gold (2010.165) |
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Hand-and-half sword, ca. 1400–1430,
Probably Germany,
Steel and copper alloy (2006.564) |
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Hunting Sword, ca. 1740–50, Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann, German (possibly Munich), Steel, silver-gilt, ivory, leather (26.145.243) |
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Hunting sword, ca. 1825, Emanuel Pioté (Austrian); Jacob H. Köchert (Austrian), Steel, gold, enamel, agate, wood, leather (48.26) |
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Hunting sword, ca. 1851, French (Paris), Silver, cast, chased, partly gilt; gilt copper; steel (1987.161) |
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My Father Pledged Me a Sword, 1974–75,
Anselm Kiefer (German),
Watercolor, gouache, and ballpoint pen on paper (1995.14.14) |
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Netsuke: Hanging scroll with image of Shôki and demons, 19th century,
Japanese,
Ivory (10.211.513) |
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Presentation Smallsword, 1798–99, Made by James Morisset, English (London), Silver-gilt, enamel, paste jewels, steel (26.145.315) |
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Presentation Sword, ca. 1815–17, Made by John Targee (silversmith), American (New York), Gold, steel (22.19) |
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Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony, 1606, Hilt by Israel Schuech (Dresden); Blade by Juan Martinez (Toledo, Spain), German (Dresden), Steel, bronze-gilt with traces of enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls (1970.77) |
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Ritual Sword, ca. 15th century Tibet Steel with gold and silver inlays (1985.397) |
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Saber, 16th century; Ottoman, Turkish, Steel inlaid with gold, precious stones, fishskin (36.25.1297) |
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Saber, 18th and 19th century,
Turkey,
Steel, nephrite, gold (36.25.1293) |
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Saber, 19th century; Ottoman period, Turkish, Steel, gold, diamonds, emeralds, pearls (23.232.2) |
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Short sword (duan jian), ca. 4th–1st century B.C., Eastern Central Asia, Steel, bronze, and gold (1998.418) |
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Sickle sword, 1307–1275 B.C.; Middle Assyrian period, reign of Adad-nirari I, Mesopotamia, Bronze (11.166.1) |
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Smallsword with scabbard, hallmarked for 1773–74,
Master GG (active Paris),
France (Paris),
Gold, steel, wood, fish skin (1998.35a,b) |
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Sword and Sheath, 19th–20th century, Owo-Yoruba peoples; Nigeria, Cotton, glass beads, wood, brass, rope (1993.500.1) |
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Sword blade (katana), Edo period (1615–1868), dated June 1622,
Kanewaka, also known as Takahira (Japanese),
Steel (2007.478.2a, b)
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Sword hilt with the Virgin Mary, Saint Michael, and Satan, ca. 1882,
Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (sculptor; French); Germain Bapst (goldsmith; French); Lucien Falize (goldsmith; French); in partnership 1880–92,
France (Paris),
Bronze, gold (1989.229) |
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Sword, 10th century, European (possibly Scandinavian), Steel, copper, silver (55.46.1) |
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Sword, 14th–16th century,
Tibetan or Chinese,
Iron, gold, and silver (1995.136)
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Sword, 17th–19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, silver, gold, turquoise, wood, and textile (36.25.1464) |
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Sword, ca. 1400, Western European, Steel, silver, copper, leather (32.75.225) |
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Sword, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Iron Age (La Tène), Celtic, Iron blade, copper alloy hilt and scabbard (1999.94a-d) |
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Swords, with scabbard mounts, Sui dynasty, ca. 600, Chinese, Iron, gilt bronze, silver, wood (30.65.2) |
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Tanto (Dagger), Kamakura and Edo period, Blade dated November 1333; Mountings 19th century, Uda Kunimitsu (Japanese), Blade: steel; mountings: silver, copper, gold, shakudo, ray skin, sharkskin, and wood (1998.127.2) |
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Yatagan, ca. 1525–30,
Made by the Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü,
Turkey (Istanbul),
Steel, walrus ivory, gold, silver, rubies, turquoise, pearl (1993.14) |
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