Hand-painted Porcelain Bowling Pin Dish with "A Record Breaker" Bowler antique Indian animal I think they're just so

I think they're just so beautiful

as if in motion

each opening measures about 1 3/4" across at lip

which seems about right for this one

The surface design (and the graceful shape

Hand-painted Porcelain Bowling Pin Dish with "A Record Breaker" Bowler antique Indian animal I think they're just soA pretty fun and curious dish, and one that would certainly make a great gift for a champion bowler and maybe also for a fan of the Big Lebowski, as I think this cigar smoking character bears a fairly close resemblance to John Goodman! Perhaps it is actually Kegel (German 9 pin bowling) that he is playing, as the dish was made in Germany, but often one sees porcelain manufactured in one country and decorated in another, which I assume was the case