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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 .
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