There is a group of distinctive brass wares in the Hotan Museum’s Qara-khanids collection. These wares were forged or cast from brass strips，then made patterns by repousse or engraving，finally inlaid the patterns with silver or copper wire. The themes of decoration are mainly calligraphic inscriptions，secular figures as well as animal images. They have dual identities of utensil and artwork. Although they are daily life utensils such as faceted or fluted ewer，circular inkwell，round tray，rectangular tray，etc.，there artistry belongs to a quite high level. Detailed typology analysis indicates that these artifacts were produced around Herat in Khorasan region in the second half of the 12th century. Their transmission from Central Asia to Khotan shows that cultural exchanges along the Silk Road were never interrupted in the period between the fall of Tang Dynasty and the eve of the Mongol empire，in which times goods and cultures could still effectively travel in long-distance along the Eurasian transportation network.