A JAVANESE VOLCANIC STONE FIGURE OF DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON, INDONESIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY, the eight armed Hindu goddess standing on the body of the buffalo, her lower left hand subduing Mahisa who has emerged from the prostrate animal's body, with various attributes and weapons in her other hands, wearing jewelled belt, armlets and cummerbund, her head with elaborate crown, her hair gathered in a bun, mounted, 61cm high Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent. For a well known depiction of Durga from Candi Jawi, Eastern Java, dating from the 14th century, showing the same iconographical detail, see Fontein 1990, p.156, no.22