A FRAGMENT FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL TILE MOULD
Of rectangular shape, the centre deeply carved with stylised knotted Kufic inscription to the bottom, framed within a band of scrolling vegetal tendrils.
42 cm x 22 cm.
inscription:
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا وَلِيُّ ٱللَّٰهِ
ašhadu ʾal lā ʾilāha ʾilla -llāhu, wa-ʾašhadu ʾanna muḥammadan rasūlu -llāhi wa-ʾašhadu ʾanna ʿalīyan walīyu -llāhi

Origin: CENTRAL ASIA, POSSIBLY 15TH-16TH CENTURY