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allocated right the enterance . It takes a geametric form, looks
like a rectangle, . infront of the door it is as half a circle with three
windows ; the middle is the biggest while the other two are small . Right
and left the door there are two wooden sitting padden with velvet, from
the palace’s furniture, that have Islamic geometric Formations . In
addition to that there is a rectangular wooden table, that is inlaid with
oyster on geographic Formations and turkish texts ; beside the table from
both sides thers is a mosque drawing with its dome and minaret . The walls
of the gallery till the middle are decorated with turkish tiles in blue,
white and scarlet colours . Decorations take geometric Formations at the
center of each one rounded with small flowers and from the upper side it
is lined with a blue tiles with white and light blue plants .
The upper half of
the wall to the ceiling is made of gypsum taking intertwined plants
decorations ( Arabesque ) and the ceiling has the “star plate”
decoration which has inside it the palace owners name “Prince Amro
Ibrahim” that is well known in Islamic ceramics . The sentence “no
winner except Allah” which is the insignia of
“Bno AL Ahmar” in ALAndalusia is repeated
on the wall, and at the end of the wall there is a line of a Quran text .
From the ceiling there is a round Islamic style chandelier at the arches
of the gallery there are four small kilns, in addition to two lamps on
both sides of the window . All gallery’s doors and windows are decorated
with geometric Islamic Style .
In the
same Gallery there is a conical stove of a blue tile with flowers and
leaves as grapes leaves and carnation flower ; it has some texts written
on it such as ( Full blessing – entire felicity ) while on the upper
sides of it there is the sentence “no winner except Allah” and there
are two squares written inside the first “Allah” and in the second
“Mohamed” the prophet .
There is a marble
dining table in the middle of the Gallery as it was prepared to be a
dining room . In the mid of this table there is a watercourse
( used to keep the food heat by heating this water ), and it is
used in exhibiting some works on it .
The
total exhibits on the table are 19 piece ( 16 plate and 3 Jars ) differ in
shape and size, but they are similar in decoration and brightness which is
clear in the Fatimid’s works from ( 10-11-12 centuny ) but one plate
from 19th century .
On both sides of
the door there are two other marble tables, on each
one there is a show case to exhibit Jugs, Jars, oil lamps, ceramics
seal, Bowls and small vases .
In the frontface two marble tables has show cases to show some acquisitions as Jar’s ( ollas ) opening
Filterations ;
Moreover there are two other show cases for
small works as ; ceramics seal, and Jar’s opening fillerations which
have characterized with accuracy . In addition to that there is some other
wooden furniture used in showing unplated
Jar’s opening filterations .
The total
exhibits is 74 piece from, plates, oil lamps, seals and
opening filterations .
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