Silver gilt bowl (Bactrians or Huns) 6th C. CE

Note that Sino-Platonic Paper 290 assumes these are Hephthalites or Alchon Huns.

"A 5th–6th-century silver bowl considered to be Bactrian (now in the British Museum) is embellished with roundels containing human heads whose features offer a clear parallel with the Ajanta and Bagh paintings [Fig. 7, next page]. The visible portion of their dress and, above all, their headgear call to mind some figures at Ajanta. Also the beard is a characteristic typical of many foreigners represented in Indian paintings."

-Matteo Compareti, Some Examples of Central Asian Decorative Elements in Ajanta and Bagh Indian Paintings, University of California, Berkeley

Source/Quote:

http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol12/Compareti_SR12_2014_pp39_48%2BPlatesIII_IV.pdf

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silver_gilt_bowl._Northwest_Frontier_Province,_Pakistan,_6th_c._CE._British_Museum_OA_1963.12-10.2._I._I._Smirnov_(1869-1918),_Vostochnoe_serebro_(St._Petersburg,_1909).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Silver_bowl_portraits.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silver_gilt_bowl_(other_side)._Northwest_Frontier_Province,_Pakistan,_6th_c._CE._British_Museum_OA_1963.12-10.2._I._I._Smirnov_(1869-1918),_Vostochnoe_serebro_(St._Petersburg,_1909).jpg

https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/bm/bmsasiareliefs.html

https://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp290_horse_rider_statuette.pdf