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Carved handle of a ceremonial knife with part of the ripple-flaked knife

Unrecorded maker

ca. 3200 BCE · Ivory, flint

Iron Razor or Folding Knife with Ivory Handle

Unrecorded maker

2nd–4th century CE · Ivory, iron

Knife with Handle in the form of a Lion Clutching Elephants

Unrecorded maker

ca. mid-12th century · Bronze with traces of gilt

Serving Knife

Unrecorded maker

15th–16th century · Steel, brass, wood, bone, mother-of-pearl

Serving Knife

Unrecorded maker

15th–16th century · Steel, brass, wood, bone, mother-of-pearl

Knife with winged putto handle

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Steel, ivory

Table knife with handle carved with lion's head

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Steel, ivory, brass

Table knife

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1700 · Steel; mother of pearl, stained horn, brass

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Gotō Mitsumasa (Jujō) (d. 1742)

early–mid-18th century · Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Knife with carved handle in the form of Apollo

Unrecorded maker

late 18th century · Steel, ivory

Table knife with handle representing St. Anthony of Padua

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Steel, ivory

Piso, Knife (chopper) with Ancestor Figure Handle

Unrecorded maker

19th–early 20th century · Wood, metal, horn