Ancient Roman Bronze Solid Very nice Lar of God Hermes. c. 1st - 2nd Century AD. 7,3 cm H.

Very nice Lar of God Hermes Roman Empire, c. 1st - 2nd Century AD Bronze. Intact. 7,3cm height w/stand. 5,2 cm height the figure. Provenance: Private collection, France, 1970 - 1980. Hermes is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quickly and freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine, aided by his winged sandals. Hermes plays the role of the psychopomp or "soul guide" — a conductor of souls into the afterlife. In myth, Hermes functioned as the emissary and messenger of the gods,[8] and was often presented as the son of Zeus and Maia, the Pleiad. He is regarded as "the divine trickster,"[9] for which Homer offers the most popular account in his Hymn to Hermes. His attributes and symbols include the herma, the rooster, the tortoise, satchel or pouch, talaria (winged sandals) , and winged helmet or simple petasos, as well as the palm tree, goat, the number four, several kinds of fish, and incense. However, his main symbol is the caduceus, a winged staff intertwined with two snakes copulating and carvings of the other gods. His attributes had previously influenced the earlier Etruscan god Turms, a name borrowed from the Greek "herma". In Roman mythology, Hermes was known as Mercury, a name derived from the Latin merx, meaning "merchandise," and the origin of the words "merchant" and "commerce. " Notes: The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki. The seller will take care that any necessary permits, like an export license will be arranged. With certificate of authenticity.