Swiss Willy Guhl Large Garden Bowls

Swiss Willy Guhl planters in the large garden bowl form, a pair of wide, low basins balanced on tapered conical feet so that each seems to hover above the ground. The weathered surface is chalk white, soft sage and ash gray, with darker mineral tracing along the rim; the outside is matte and pebbled, with small pits and rubbed patches from decades outdoors. Inside, the basins are scuffed and earthen, shifting from sand to clay tones.

Each bowl measures 47 inches across. One stands 16 inches high and the other 16 1/2, and the basins are about 6 1/2 inches deep inside, enough for sedum, succulents or a drift of low grasses. They are original mid-century Eternit pieces and the two are sold together or separately.

Filled with water in a courtyard they become mirrors for the sky and floating blooms; filled with river stones they work as sculpture, and planted low they soften the edge of a terrace or a pool deck. The pair of Willy Guhl planters is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; see them by appointment, or we will send photographs and a quote.