APC Image: AK 1135: Pottery from Well M. Top row left to right: Mycenaean sherd with a pattern of dots and part of large leaf in dark brown glaze on a light buff background. Fragment of Mycenaean kylix or bowl with a nautilus design and circle of dots. Brown glaze on pale buff ground. Miniature skyphos of Corinthian fabric, with zigzag at the lip and a purple band below. Fragment from lip of Corinthian skyphos with a pattern of alternating black and purple buds. Fragment of lekanis cover of Corinthian ware with painted bands and zigzags. There is a hole at the edge for fastening the cover. Second row left to right: Piece of large vase with figure of sphinx partly preserved. The base of the wing and the hair are purple, but the feathers of the wing are reddish brown. The fabric is 11 mm. thick. Four fragments of black-figured, two-handled jar. On either side were two sphinxes facing each other and various designs used as fillers. The drawing is exceptionally careless. The clay is soft and mealy, and the glaze varies between dark brown and red. Third row left to right: Small fragment from the rim of a black-figured skyphos. On the profiled lip is a tendril pattern, and below on white ground is part of a figure to right. The inside is glazed black, except for a reserved band at the inner edge of the lip. Small black-figured sherd with part of shield painted in purple and black. Small black-figured sherd preserving part of human figure to left and circular object, probably a shield with a purple border at the edge. Small black-figured sherd with forepart of sphinx to left. The wing is painted purple. In front is a rosette as filler. Fourth row left to right: Three fragments of red-figured pyxis lid. At the edge is a single row of elongated leaves, with pink dots at the point where the leaves overlap. Of the decoration on the top is preserved lower part of female figure to right. The outer drapery is indicated by fine black lines, and the folds of the chiton at the bottom are made with dilute glaze. Behind the woman is preserved the foot of a second figure to right, and in front of her are some sprays and dots in white paint. A smaller fragment preserves part of a wing, and below are sprays and dots like those of the larger fragment. The wings on the smaller fragment and the left foot of the larger piece belong to a figure of Eros adancing to right behind the woman. These fragments, which are the only red-figured sherds from Well M, can harldy be earlier than the end of the third quarter of the fifth century B.C. The drawing of the figures is very careless. A few simple lines, sketched in almost at random, and a row of simple brush strokes at the lower edge suffice for the drapery. The most characteristic feature is the use of white paint to indicate grass and flowers, which occurs on vases connected with the style of the Eretria painter, but is even more common on works associated with the Meidias painter and his circle. - Small black-figured sherd with parts of draped figure and a row of large dots or leaves. The inside is painted black and has a double line of purple color. - Fragment of large black-figured vase. The rear part of an animal to left and the rim of a shield are preserved. The rim is painted white, and details are rendered in purple color and incised lines. The inside has a dark brown glaze.