Rare Large Antique Mani Singing Bowl – Superb C#5 (562Hz) Voice

Antique Mani Singing Bowl.   C#5 (562Hz) Root Chakra

Weight 3 lb 10 ½ oz (1.66 kilos).  19.5 x 10.5 cm (approx. 7 ½ x 4 ¼ inches)

This rare large Antique Mani Singing bowl has one of the best voices I have come upon in a Mani…a fifth octave C# (562Hz) fundamental.  The note is the same whether struck or played around the rim.  It’s a very responsive bowl and easy to play.

It has all the typical characteristics of this ancient bowl form…flat bottom, bulbous tapering walls, wide inward-facing grooved lip, circles at its centre, and decorative banding below the outer rim and around its belly.   

Antique Mani bowls are generally thought to be between 200 and 400 years old and are now very rare.  I believe this excellent example to be older than many.  It is structurally sound and stain free with the patina of age.

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

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Listen: (3 struck notes and 2 played notes)