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Italian school circa 1780, Exceptional suite of 48 oval miniatures, portraits of the popes, painted watercolour on bone 6x5cm. Solid silver medallions, 40 grams each, 10.5x6 cm, chased and decorated with a ribbon bow, foliage and the names of the popes and the date of the beginning of their reign, inscribed in Italian on a plate in the form of unrolled parchment. The medallions are presented in groups of eight, on six wooden trays covered in modern green velvet. The following popes are represented, covering the period between 1378 and 1775: Pius VI, Clement XIV, Clement XIII, Benedict XIV, Clement XII, Innocent XIII, Clement XI, Innocent XII, Alexander VIII, Innocent XI, Clement X, Clement IX, Alexander VII, Innocent X, Paul V, Leo XI, Clement VIII, Innocent IX, Gregory XIV, Urban VII, Sixtus V, Gregory XIII, Pius V, Paul IV, Marcel II, Julius III, Paul III, Clement VII, Adrian VI, Leo X, Julius II, Pius III, Alexander VI, Innocent VIII, Sixtus IV, Paul II, Pius II, Calixtus III, Nicholas V, Felix V, Martin V, John XXIII, Alexander V, Gregory XII, Innocent VII, Boniface IX, Urban VI,
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