Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Carved and assembled in wood and decorated in polychrome pigments and gilt, the multi-armed deity shown seated on a lotus dais dressed in Chinese-style court robes and holding various attributes, the figure's face framed by a gilt-metal crown adorned with flaming jewels and hanging garlands and topped with a coiled snake with the head of the Shinto deity Inari 9 3/8in (23.8cm) high