Ca. 1800 AD.A carnelian intaglio with a right-facing portrait of Zeus set in a fob with an oval base and four bars forming an open-work handle that ends in a decorative suspension loop. Zeus, the god of the sky, lightning, and thunder, was also the king of the gods. He was the most important god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon and was as celebrated as he was feared. This item is fully wearable and it comes with a modern necklace cord.Size: L:24.4mm / W:22.4mm ; 9.83gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.