Interesting Small Antique Manipuri Singing Bowl – D4 & G#5

Antique Manipuri Singing Bowl.   Notes D4 & G#5 (Sacral & Throat Chakras)

Weight 1 lb 2 ¾ oz. (531 grams).   Size 19 x 6 cm (7 ¾ x 2 ½ inches)

This small antique Manipuri Singing Bowl, dating from the 1800s, has an abundance of interesting decorative features some of which are now a little faint, having been worn smooth over the years. A circle of punched dots surround a mound at its centre (mounded centres are extremely rare, and this is the first I have seen on a Manipuri bowl).   Other features include a grooved lip and a decorative band of suns and stripes below the outer rim, where groups of sacred ritual gashes also encircle the bowl at intervals.

The fundamental note is a middle D (289Hz) when struck or played around the rim with a suede ringer. The rim note changes to a fifth octave G# (808Hz) when a wooden ringer is used.

This attractive small antique bowl is structurally sound and fundamentally clean.

A Tibetan silk brocade cushion and a double-ended teak and suede ringer are included in the price.

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