Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 6538 | |
Title: | TURKISH PIPE | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 6538 | |
Description: | Thick-walled (ca. 0.013 at rim), sack-shaped bowl; shank has swollen end, flat termination. Rim and shank end reserved, bowl and shank covered with incised decoration: on bowl swirling complex of squidlike volutes, floral and winglike forms; on shank, series of bands studded with concentric circles. | |
Material: | White meerschaum, blackened at rim. Rim. | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Rim mended, small pieces missing; shank chipped. | |
Period: | Turkish II (1715-1831 AD) | |
Chronology: | 18th century | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 1985 no. 132, pg. 132 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Images (5) Notebook Page: NB 166, spread 88 (pp. 323 - 324) |