Rare Antique Pseudo Lingam Singing Bowl – Outstanding Talker!

Antique Pseudo Lingam Singing & Talking Bowl – Bb3 (238Hz) Crown Chakra
Weight 411 grams (0 lb 14½ oz) Size 6½ x 3 inches (16.5 x 7.5 cm)

The walls of this extraordinary antique singing bowl are so finely forged that it is quite possibly the lightest for its size that I have come across.  It is also unquestionably one of the best talking bowls I have ever encountered!

It also happens to be, for want of a better term, a pseudo Lingam bowl.  That is to say that at its centre is a raised mound in place of a more prominent lingam, and underneath a slight depression in place of the familiar deeper navel found on a typical Lingam bowl. 

The central mound features a small circle in the middle, surrounded by three pairs of larger radiating circles.  It has a grooved lip that is slightly turned out, and there is a single decorative line forming a collar below the outer rim.

This is an extremely rare bowl, the like of which I have only encountered a few times, and in each case the bowl possessed exceptional talking ability when played around the rim with a little water inside.  This bowl is no exception!

The fundamental note is a nice third octave Bb (238Hz) when struck with a padded mallet or played around the rim with a suede ringer, but a wooden ringer produces a fluctuating E5 and F5 harmonic because the frequency (678Hz) is almost exactly midway between those two notes. 

This bowl is in very good clean condition for its age, and it has an attractive bright golden colour.

A Tibetan silk brocade bowl cushion and a ringer are included in the price.

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Listen: (2 struck notes, 1 rim note with wooden ringer, and talking clip)