Pesaro Majolica Dish Depicting "Laocoön and His Sons" – Circa 1550

Polychrome-decorated Pesaro majolica dish depicting the famous scene of the punishment of Laocoön and his sons—devoured by serpents emerging from the sea—drawn from Greek mythology and Virgil's *Aeneid*.
Inscription on the reverse: "Laocoon tué avec son fils / avec ses fils" (Laocoön killed with his son / with his sons).
16th century – Circa 1550.
Diameter: 27 cm – Height: 5.2 cm.
Damaged and restored.
From a private collection.
Reference: Sotheby’s sale, July 6, 2017. Features a dish very similar in quality and composition, depicting a different mythological scene with comparable decorative elements: a boat on a rough sea and buildings on the left-hand side (see final photo).
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