Heavy, Hand-painted Antique Folk Art Mirror with Figures, Quivers, Jointed Corners (and Worm Holes) antique Japanese marquetry box Very sound and stable now

Very sound and stable now

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Heavy, Hand-painted Antique Folk Art Mirror with Figures, Quivers, Jointed Corners (and Worm Holes) antique Japanese marquetry box Very sound and stable nowDetails give the best sense of the hand painted decoration all around the face of this antique mirror, including of what I take for a little lamb (though maybe a dog) at the feet of the shepherdess, and what looks like a horn in the hands of her male counterpart on the other side facing her, and then quivers of arrows at top and bottom so let's call this a valentine! The paint is old and the whole thing quite heavy for its size, with jointed corners,