18th Century Bronze Temple Shrine Hanging Bell – F6

This 18th Century bronze temple shrine bell was sourced 40 years ago in Kathmandu and is from my own private collection.  Antique shrine bells like this are very hard to source nowadays, and only come onto the market when a temple or shrine has been destroyed by earthquake or dismantled to make way for new infrastructure. 

 It has the classical Himalayan hanging bell shape, and would probably have been threaded along a horizontal metal bar with other bells  and placed directly above a Buddhist or Hindu temple shrine for people to brush their fingers along to announce their presence to the Gods. 

The rung note is a fabulous sixth octave C6 (1049Hz).

It has been superbly modeled and hand cast in a bronze alloy by the lost wax method and is therefore a unique one-off item.   There are signs of wear as one might expect but it is in a good state of preservation, with an aged patina acquired over the centuries. 

 When you buy, handle, and ring one of these antique bells you can be confident that it is a genuine and revered holy instrument that has played an important part in countless sacred rituals and ceremonies for at least 100 years. Each bell is a fascinating and beautiful object in its own right, with the look and feel of antiquity…but perhaps more importantly, when it is rung one can sense the spiritual energy, power and purpose with which it is imbued, and the present ineffably connects to the past.