A Fatimid silk and linen tiraz textile fragment, Egypt or North Africa, 10th century, of roughly rectangular form, composed of beige linen warp and weft, with a brown silk kufic inscription, mounted, 30 cm x 13.5cmProvenance: Spink & Son, LondonThis textile fragment can be compared with other inscribed textiles from the tenth Century in the the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2015.796.1), and in the David Collection (nos: 58/1966, 18/1971, and 47/1992), illustrated in Sultan, Shah, and Great Mughal: The History and Culture of the Islamic World, Copenhagen, 1996, pp.106-107, nos.66-69. Please refer to department for condition report