Rare Antique Lingam Singing Bowl – Concert Pitch C#4 – Inscription

Antique Lingam Singing Bowl.  Note: C#4 (Root Chakra)

Weight 983 grams (2 lb 2 ¾ oz).  Size 17 x 9 cm (6 ¾ x 3 ½ inches)

This attractive medium size Antique Lingam Singing Bowl (circa 1850) takes the high-sided Thadobati form and has a grooved lip, a neat pointed Lingam surrounded by circles at its centre, and a matching navel or yoni underneath.  Two bands of dots encircle the outer rim to form a decorative collar. 

It benefits from an uncommon and well-preserved dot-punched inscription on the outer wall…a sure sign of the high esteem in which this bowl was held by a former keeper.

The fundamental note is a nice concert pitch C#4 (276/7Hz) when struck with a padded mallet or played around the rim with a suede ringer

This rare Lingam bowl is in excellent structural condition and has an attractive golden bronze colour.

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

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Listen: (2 struck notes and 1 played note)