Superb Rare Small G4 Antique Lingam Singing Bowl – Inscribed “From the Sacred Temple”

This is a fine example of a small Lingam Singing Bowl from the 19th century.  Its wall is a little thicker and heavier than usual and it has a sheered lip with with a single band of tiny decorative cuts encircling the outer rim.  There is a neat Lingam surrounded by circles at it centre, and a matching navel or yoni underneath.

This antique bowl benefits from an interesting and unusually well defined inscription in Begali, ‘Muthain miya nijan miya’, a Muslim name.  Miya means ‘From the Sacred Temple’.  Very few singing bowls carry inscriptions, and they are especially rare on small bowls such as this.  Inscriptions  are a sign of the high esteem in which a bowl was held by a former keeper.

The fundamental note is a middle octave G4 (399Hz) when struck with a padded and wooden mallet (402Hz), or played around the rim with a suede ringer. The rim note changes to a high sixth octave C#6 (1137Hz) with a wooden ringer.  It is very responsive and easy to play.

It is in excellent structural condition, with an aged patina and a golden bronze colour.

A very attractive small Lingam with a super voice!

A small ringer is included in the price.