Curious Hand-painted Blue Eyed Porcelain Bear antique egg basket with an overflowing bowl below

with an overflowing bowl below it  set against a background of radiating rainbows

and plain on the exterior

so I'm assuming they just decorative

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I love the bright eyes and clasped hands of the four figures facing us

Curious Hand-painted Blue Eyed Porcelain Bear antique egg basket with an overflowing bowl belowI've searched and not found another bear like this one, which I finally purchased after carrying it around with me on two separate visits to a local antique shop; it just would not let me walk away! Maybe it is because of those big blue eyes, which really seem to see deep into one's soul! I think it's also the gesture, which seems to suggest this bear's got something important to share if you'll just pay attention. Plus those pink cheeks, deep red