A large woven silk Sogdian textile fragment with inscription, Central Asia, circa 8th-9th century, of irregular rectangular form, woven in blue and cream, depicting one large scale petalled roundel enclosing paired lions with elaborate manes, with two lions above, either side a band of repeating floriate motifs set within arches, above a repeating design of diamonds, the reverse with Ughur inscription, mounted 142x88cm.Provenance: Acquired by the vendor in 2013. Previously in the Private Collection of Mr Jim Connell, San Francisco, formed in the 1970s.Please refer to department for condition report