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Huge Antique Italian Coral Necklace , 18 K gold beads + clasp, 211 g, Edo, Benin

$ 10472.35

Availability: 23 in stock
  • Color: Red
  • Material: Gold
  • Condition: growth marks on coral

    Description

    Beadart-Austria
    This is a unique necklace which I have strung 2 years ago.
    I bought the coral in the 1980s in Senegal from an dealer in African objects, they had been part of an attire of a EDO or IFE  royalty, Benin Culture
    the coral is entirely natural and comes from Torre del Greco
    18 K gold melon shaped beads, 22 mm diameter,  and 18 k gold spacers 8 mm
    The 18 k toggle clasp is  handmade.
    Weight of coral and gold 211 grams, largest coral bead 34 mm by 24.5 mm
    length 50 cm