Heavy, Hand-painted Antique Folk Art Mirror with Figures, Quivers, Jointed Corners (and Worm Holes) antique Japanese marquetry box Not for everyone I'm sure

Not for everyone I'm sure

Victorian I believe

I have found a few other related examples out there (sold at auction and in museum collections

I would think

Heavy, Hand-painted Antique Folk Art Mirror with Figures, Quivers, Jointed Corners (and Worm Holes) antique Japanese marquetry box Not for everyone I'm sureDetails 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,