Interesting Large Antique Manipuri Singing Bowl with Abundant Artwork

This interesting early 19th century Manipuri Singing Bowl features abundant artwork including a ring of suns (dots within circles) at it centre, suns all around its lip, and at intervals around the rim on the outer wall.  A decorative line also encircles the wall about an inch below the inner rim.

This bowl also features a decorative band of magical or ritual cuts or gashes around the outer rim, which I believe to be associated with the bowl’s initiation.

The fundamental note is a near perfect pitch third octave Eb3 (154Hz) when struck with a padded mallet, and a middle octave A4 (435Hz) when played around the rim with a suede ringer.  The rim note changes to a fifth octave G#5 (818Hz) with a wooden ringer.  It is a responsive bowl and easy to play.

This old Manipuri bowl is in excellent structural condition, and basically clean, but with a circle of copper oxidization at its centre, probably due to it containing water for a long time.

A  complementary Tibetan silk brocade cushion and ringer are included.