Stunning 11 ¼“ Bangladeshi Carved Antique Jambati Singing Bowl – Low Perfect Pitch Bb2

This superb large 11 ¼” antique Bangladeshi carved Jambati Singing Bowl has virtually its entire outer wall intricately engraved with flowers and foliage based on a traditional carpet design.  The carving is of the finest quality, and features a flowing design of intertwined enclosures with inset flowers, and decorative borders top and bottom.

The fundamental note is a low almost perfect pitch second octave Bb2 (115Hz) when struck with a padded mallet or played around the rim with a suede ringer.  The rim note changes to a close to perfect pitch middle F4 (345Hz) with a wooden ringer. 

This large bowl has unusually fine walls, making it relatively light for hand-held playing.  It has a shallow curved wall, a sheered lip, and a rounded bottom, and there are circles at its centre.  It is in excellent structural condition, clean and free of stains and blemishes, with a dark bronze colour.

The size and exceptional quality of this antique bowl suggests that it might have been commissioned by or for a temple or monastery.

A complimentary Tibetan silk brocade bowl cushion, padded striker, and two ringers are included.

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Hand engraved antique singing bowls are extremely hard to come by.  They are usually genuine 18th and 19th century antique bowls from India that are later exquisitely carved in Bangladesh by just a few specialist master craftsmen.  Usually only large superior quality high-value Jambati bowls are engraved because the process is lengthy and expensive.  It can take a skilled craftsman a month or more to engrave a single bowl, depending upon its size and the complexity of design.  And because the carving is usually commissioned they rarely become available.  This beautiful bowl is one of very few engraved antique Jambati in my collection.  Click here for more information about carved bowls.