A BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA MAHISASURAMARDINI, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, 18TH CENTURY the eight armed Hindu goddess on rectangular base, spearing the buffalo demon emerging from the body with her trident, wielding an array of weapons in her other hands, her right foot resting on her vehicle the lion, the decapitated head on the ground in front 24.8cm high Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter Cochrane, acquired in 1968, inv. no. JPC 68/68.