ANTIQUE RARE MONASTARY BUDDHIST TEMPLE FISH GONG MEALTIME HO GONG SOTO MONASTARY

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THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC BUDDHIST TEMPLE WOODEN FISH GONG, CALLED A HO IT WAS PRIMARY USED IN A SOTO MONASTARY. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A REPRODUCTION, MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS TRAVELLED THE WORLD AND THEY GOT THIS FISH THEMSELVES SOMETIME IN THE 1880'S, THEY WERE TOLD IT WAS HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD THEN AND THAT IT WAS FROM A SOTO MONASTARY. IT WAS A MEALTIME GONG USED WHILE THE MONKS ATE THEIR MIDDAY MEAL. IT IS ALL HAND CARVED WOOD AND USE TO BE MORE COLORFUL BUT OVER THE CENTURIES THE COLOR HAS FADED OFF BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE MOST THE COLORS THAT WERE USED. THE WOODEN BALL INSIDE THE FISH'S MOUTH ACTUALLY HAS TOTALLY FREE MOVEMENT IN THE WAY YOU CAN SPIN THE BALL AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE FISH'S MOUTH. WEIGHS ALMOST 15 POUNDS AND MEASURES ABOUT 24" LONG AND 10" TALL AND ABOUT 4" THICK. WE WILL GLADLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS SO PLEASE CONTACT US IF THERE ARE ANY.
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