From the collection of the Museum of Islamic Art .. Wood panel carved with decorations of the Tulunian state

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The holy month of Ramadan is one of the most important months in the history and heritage of Muslims. The designers and innovators presented the Islamic heritage in this period.

The museum includes more than one hundred thousand masterpieces that include all branches of Islamic art in all ages. Its artistic collections are distinguished by their richness. Among the most important items are: textiles, carpets, stones, ivory, ceramics, wood, metals, glass, manuscripts, coins, .

Among the most prominent pieces of wood, a wood panel carved and colored and decorated with birds decoration of the Tulunian state – Abbasi era – Egypt, 3rd century AH / 9 AD

These wooden panels were probably part of a mural, and the remains of some colors appear on the cornices.

This technical technique was known for the slanted sloping drill after the transfer of the Samarra models from Iraq to Egypt in the era of the Ottoman Empire. (254-292 / 868-905 AD)

These motifs represent a transition to the Sasanian influences of drawing the tree of life and decoration with birdlike figures on a mulch of vegetal motifs.

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