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Thurkish Gallery

Thurkish Gallery ( devoted to show Turkish acquistions ) 

Thurkish Gallery  is allocated on the left side of the enterance that have a rectangular shape . In the frontface of the door there is a large window while in the left side there is another small one . The Gallery’s wall till the mid hight is decorated with blue, white and scarlet Turkish tiles ; they are lined from both the upper and the lower edge with a light blue tiles on it the decorations are of dark blue plants . while the second upper half of the wall is decorated with moulded gypsum and near the ceiling there is a repeated sentence “no winner except Allah” ; and the ceiling’s decoration is the “star plate” .

In the gallery’s right side there is a conical stove on blue Turkish tiles has the sentence ( Full blessing – entire felicity ) on it, above that    ( no winner except Allah ) is repeated and there are two squares, in the first the word “Allah” and in the other is “Mohammed” the prophet . The Floor is from marble, in the middle there is a geometric formation ; It is a large square surrounded with other eight small squares, then four large ones, in between them there are four large rectangles decorated with geometric formations .

The gallery has twelve show cases differ in size ; and large one in the middle ; the total pieces is 96 turkish works ; they are varied as, plates, Bowls Jugs, Jars, Ewers, qumqums, Canteens, suspending balls, and tiles . The Turkish era is well known with plant decorations and animal ones is rarely used ; the prefered colors are blue, green, white and scarlet .

The door of the gallery is from wood and decorated as the star plate . The turkish Gallery is openned to the Egyptian one ( Mamlouke, Ayyoubid, Omayyad, Ottoman ) Through a horseshoe like and both sides are decorated with vases of Flowers .