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
Semirechye
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 found in 1909 near the village of Bolshe-Anikovskaya, Cherdyn district, Perm province. It 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.
The Anikovadish or Anikovsky dish, is a cast silver dish representing armoured cavalrymen attacking a fortress in the Siege of Jericho, and thought to...
Kara-Khanid Khanate. Anikovadish horseman, Semirechye, c. 800 CE design. Anikovadish, two horsemen, Semirechye, c. 800 CE design. Anikovadish, two horsemen...
Great Kyz Kala. A Sogdian fortress of similar characteristics, on the Anikovadish, c. 800 CE design. Great Kyz Kala decorative patterns (Internal staircase)...
beautiful silver plates with Eastern Christian iconography, such as the Anikovadish. The Umayyads fell in 750 to the Abbasid Caliphate, which quickly asserted...
on his dress. Rostam, with an elongated skull, Penjikent murals The Anikovadish: a Nestorian Christian plate with decoration of a besieged Jericho, by...
Anikovadish: Nestorian Christian plate with decoration of the Siege of Jericho, probably by Sogdian artists under Karluk dominion, in Semirechye. Cast...
Global Information
