Description
A NECKLACE WITH A VARIETY OF CHAM GOLD BEADS AND CORAL BEADS
Champa, 10th – 12th century. The necklace composed of three different kinds of gold beads – two long tubes with gold thread decorations, two shorter tubes with a lattice pattern and also gold thread decorations and a cube-like element formed from three cylinders within each other – as well as twelve coral beads.
Condition: Good condition in general, with traces of wear
Provenance: A private owner, acquired from the collection of Dr. Istvan Zelnik several years ago.
Weight: 21.3 g in total.
Metallurgic analysis: Fine gold content (24K): Weight 13.4 g in total.