This seal shows three waterbirds. It was acquired by Evans in eastern Crete (Mirabello area). He described it as “an instantaneous sketch, presenting a group of three water-fowl, displayed in such a way that each illustrates a different phase of bird life”.
Bibliography
Evans, Arthur. 1935. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, IV, pp. 491-492, fig. 426
Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 29
Hughes-Brock, Helen and Boardman, John. 2009. Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals VI: Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum, no. 458