A Javanese Bronze Figure of Kubera Java, Indonesia, 10th-11th century Seated in lalitasana on a cushion placed on a square base behind two elephants, its lower rim with eight jewel filled vases, his hands holding a bowl and a mongoose, the pot-bellied figure, wearing dhoti, and bejewelled with udarabandha, the face with bulging eyes and hair dressed in a chignon, with green patina (some losses, and wear consistent with age). Height 9 cm. width 5.5 cm. REFERENCES: Fontein, J., et al, The Sculpture of Indonesia, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990. Kempers, A.J.B., Ancient Indonesian Art, CPJ ven der Peet (Amsterdam), 1959. Lerner, M. & S. Kossak, The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991. Lunsingh Scheurleer, P., & M.J. Klokke, Ancient Indonesian Bronzes: A Catalogue of the Exhibition in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with a General Introduction, E.J. Brill, 1988.