| Anikova dish | |
|---|---|
 Nestorian Christian plate with decoration of a besieged Jericho, by Sogdian artists under Karluk dominion, in Semirechye.[1] Cast silver of the 9th-10th century, copied from an original 8th century plate.[2][3] | |
| Material | Silver with gilding |
| Size | 23.9 cm (diameter) |
| Created | Original: 8th century CE Casts: 9th–10th century CE |
| Discovered | Bolshe-Anikovskaya, Cherdyn district, Perm province |
| Present location | Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Registration | S-46 |
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The Anikova dish or Anikovsky dish is a cast silver dish representing armoured cavalrymen attacking a fortress in the Siege of Jericho, and thought to have been created in Semirechye (Zhetysu) in Central Asia in the 9th–10th century. It was found in 1909 near the village of Bolshe-Anikovskaya, Cherdyn district, Perm province. It is now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (S-46).
- ^ Sims, Eleanor (2002). Peerless images : Persian painting and its sources. New Haven : Yale University Press. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-300-09038-3.
- ^ "Hermitage Museum".
- ^ Gorelik, Michael (1979). "Oriental Armour of the Near and Middle East from the Eighth to the Fifteenth Centuries as Shown in Works of Art", by Michael Gorelik, in: Islamic Arms and Armour, ed. Robert Elgood, London 1979. Robert Elgood.