New! - Lover's Eye Painting on a Black Teardrop Plate

Lover's Eye miniature paintings were popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries (Georgian and Regency periods), and were frequently incorporated in rings and lockets. This is a larger, modern version in oil, on a vintage Occupied Japan porcelain saucer with a black background, illustrated teardop shapes, and a lightly scalloped, gilt-edged border. 4.5"