Priyanka Chopra wore a figure eight necklace at a Bulgari event on Monday night.
The actress, 41, attended the launch of the Italian brand’s Aeterna collection in Rome on Monday, May 20. The longtime brand ambassador wore a black dress with a white peplum top paired with a diamond necklace from the collection, which was described as “extraordinary” and “precious” in a statement from the brand.
The Serpenti Aeterna necklace is cut from over 200 carats of diamond used to create seven pearls weighing a total of 140 carats to celebrate the fashion house’s 140th anniversary.
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According to Glamour, the glittering necklace is worth a whopping $43 million.
The diamond-encrusted pearls lay beneath a platinum “winding three-dimensional wave structure” that was made of 698 diamonds worth 61.81 carats.
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Bulgari states that it took more than 2,800 hours to make the necklace.
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The Citadel actress, who joined the Bulgari family in 2021, showed off a piece of haute couture jewelry at the star-studded event held at the Terme di Diocletian, an open-air museum.
Ambassadors Anne Hathaway, Liu Yifei, Shu Qi, Hikari Mori and Alessandro Gassman were also in attendance, along with actresses Isabella Rossellini and Carla Bruni.
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The evening included the presentation of over 500 items — including jewelry, watches, bags and fragrances — from the new collection.
In March, Chopra visited a Bulgari store in Mumbai, India, wearing an $82,000 rose gold necklace from the brand’s Serpenti collection.
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