Persian inscribed silver bowl, Jin-Tang dynasty (226-907); diameter 20.5 cm, bottom diameter 9.5 cm, height 7.4 cm. Unearthed in Seven Star Town, Yanqi County, 1989. Collection of the Cultural and Museum Institute (Museum) of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The silver bowl is open-mouthed with a flat rim. The foot ring is 2 cm high and connected to the bottom of the bowl by coal-joining. From the rim to the foot ring, the outer wall of the silver bowl is processed with 60 ridges. There is a line of Middle Persian inscriptions engraved on the bottom of the bowl and the outer wall of the foot ring.

Generally speaking, the inscription may indicate the owner of the object or explain the weight of the object. The silver bowl unearthed in Xinjiang, whether in terms of shape or inscriptions in Middle Persian, vividly shows the historical picture of Iranian art going eastward through the Silk Road.