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Romano and one a battle of dragons and lions and one the story of Paris, from the hand of Paolo Uccello, and one in which is depicted a hunt by Francesco di Pesello f.300 […] In the cupboard with seven shelves set into the panelling First shelf: Nineteen plates from large to small, a large vase, two small vases, a terra‐cotta vase, four shallow cane bowls in a leather case: all in [Chinese] porcelain of many colours f.150 … Third shelf: Twenty small plates of white and blue porcelain f.15 Fourth shelf: A large platter, three vases like jars, of which one has a cover and another is like a flask, two large ewers, three small casks to use as flasks, three blue ewers, four large white mugs, all of porcelain … f.75 … Sixth shelf: Nine large bowls of green porcelain Two blue and white porcelain basins […] f.30 …

      In the room above the bath

[…] Two elephant teeth … that were sitting on the clothes rack of the room and were overlooked by me f.

      The chamber of the two beds

In the cassone [chest]
[…] A beautiful carpet … f.4 …
A chess set and chess board all of walnut, inlaid with ivory and decorated throughout with ivory and carved. f.1 […]

      Continuing in the same chamber

[…] A panel painting depicting a perspective scene, that is, the palazzo de’ Signori and the loggia and the houses around looking the way they are [Brunelleschi?] f.

      In the passageway at the top of the stairs which leads to the chapel

… A panel showing the Nativity of Our Lord [by Gozzoli] with the Magi on horseback arriving to make their offerings … f.

      In the large bedchamber … called the bedchamber of Lorenzo

[…] An ostrich egg and a mirrored ball with a silken cord f.1
[…] In the first clothes chest
[…] A turca [Turkinsh‐style gown] of Moroccan cloth lined in ermine f.40 […]

      Continuing into the antechamber of the same suite

A little panel painting, depicting Our Lord dead, with many saints who are carrying him to the sepulchre, by Fra Giovanni [Fra Angelico] f.15
A marble panel by Donato [Donatello] depicting Our Lady holding her child f.6
A gilt bronze panel depicting Our Lady with the child in her arms, completely framed, by Donato f.25
A panel painting with a gilt frame depicting Saint Jerome and Saint Francis, by Pesello and Fra Filippo [Filippo Lippi] f.10
A little panel painting, depicting Our Lord crucified with three figures by Giotto f.6
A marble panel with many figures in relief and other things in perspective, that is, of St John, by Donato f.30
A tondo with Our Lady, small, by Fra Giovanni f.5 …
A lunette … depicting the universe [Last Judgement] f.50 […]

      Continuing into the study

[…] A bowl of sardonyx, chalcedony, and agate, within which are several figures and on the outside a head of Medusa [the Tazza Farnese] f.10,000
A unicorn horn … rough estimate f.6,000
Cameos
A cameo framed in gold, with four figures and the story of Icarus and Daedalus, incised on the reverse with diamonds and an inscription f.400
A cameo framed in gold, depicting three figures leaving a forest, on the reverse incised branches and roses f.100
A cameo framed in gold, depicting women who lead a baby seated on the back of a lion, incised on the reverse with diamonds, feathers and an inscription f.450 […]
A green, white and black agate with a female monster reclining with a child in the sea, with an inscription on the reverse f.25 […]
A cameo framed in gold, with a centaur in sardonyx on a white background carrying a bowl of fruit on his shoulder, dressed in a lion skin, a thyrsus in his hand and carved on the back with a diamond, feathers and an inscription f.500 […]
A large cameo framed in gold, called the Ark, depicting 8 figures, 4 men and 4 women, an angel in the sky, a pair of horses, 2 lions, and many other animals carved on the reverse with foliage f.2,000 […]
Continuing in the same study with rings
[…] A mother‐of‐pearl shell within which is a nascent pearl less than half‐embedded, estimated at 15 carats … f.300
Another mother of pearl shell within which, in a similar fashion, is a pearl more than half‐formed, estimated at c. 14 carats f.300 […]
A thin table‐cut balas ruby framed in a plain gold band f.500
A perfect turquoise in a gold band f.200 …
A conical diamond cut

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