A Mamluk wood block printed linen textile with inscription, Egypt or Syria, 14th-15th century, the simple woven ground with printed pattern of eight-pointed stars and roundels containing chevron design and central rosette and connected by knot designs; a thuluth inscription above on a solid blue ground, 23.3 x 27cm. Note: A very similarly decorated wood block printed Mamluk textile is in the Cleveland Museum of Art (1929.907). The design of this printed textile was probably copied from a patterned silk. The Buddhist knots in the petals of the rosettes and between the stars as well as the Chinese lotus flowers in the petals of the rosettes are indictive of how strong Mongol influence was in Egypt during the Mamluk period.Please refer to department for condition report