A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAR, standing on tip-toe, with right leg forward, his right arm raised and holding a patera in his outstretched left hand, wearing a short tunic with over-fold at the waist and which swirls out on either side, on a high pedestal base with four corner feet, right hand missing, 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high; a bronze figure of a naked dancing youth, arms spread wide, left hand missing, 2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high; and two bronze birds, each with their head turned backwards, one standing on a high rectangular stand, 1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) and 7/8in. (2.3cm.) high respectively, all circa 1st Century A.D. (4)

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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAR, standing on tip-toe, with right leg forward, his right arm raised and holding a patera in his outstretched left hand, wearing a short tunic with over-fold at the waist and which swirls out on either side, on a high pedestal base with four corner feet, right hand missing, 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high; a bronze figure of a naked dancing youth, arms spread wide, left hand missing, 2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high; and two bronze birds, each with their head turned backwards, one standing on a high rectangular stand, 1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) and 7/8in. (2.3cm.) high respectively, all circa 1st Century A.D. (4)

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