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Silver Gilt Bowl with Hunting Scenes,
North-west India, 5th-6th century

Probably of Bactrian manufacture. Possibly of Hephthalite, Huna or Kidarite cavalry



A view of the base of the Silver Gilt Bowl with Hunting Scenes
Views of the other Huna or Kidarite cavalry figures on the Swat Bowl

British Museum. Museum number: 1963,1210.1   Silver bowl; thick-walled; cast; inscription; decorated exterior with profile male bust on the central medallion, surrounded by four hunters, two wearing crowns similar to last Kidarite coins; originally gilt.