Barbara Heard Signed Pit-Fired Spherical Seed Pot

Barbara Heard Signed Pit-Fired Spherical Seed Pot

$80.00
Sale price  $80.00 Regular price 
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Barbara Heard Signed Pit-Fired Spherical Seed Pot

Barbara Heard Signed Pit-Fired Spherical Seed Pot

$80.00
Sale price  $80.00 Regular price 
Provenance & Condition

Each piece is researched, photographed and described as accurately as we can. Patina, crazing and age wear are part of a piece’s history, and they are shown in the photographs. Questions or extra photographs are always welcome before purchase.

Shipping & Packing

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Trade & Holds

Designers, stagers and set decorators: trade pricing, complimentary 72-hour holds and a Sunday First Look at every new drop. Apply for trade

A nearly perfect sphere settles low against the surface, giving this seed pot the stillness of a stone shaped by hand. At 12.75 inches across and 8.5 inches high, the closed ceramic form has generous presence without an ounce of excess. Barbara Heard signed the piece, securing the maker behind this exact vessel; its pit-fired finish places clay in direct conversation with flame and atmosphere, where subtle variations belong to the process rather than applied decoration. The form draws on the Southwest seed-pot tradition while remaining distinctly a studio object, guided by proportion and surface instead of ornament. No narrower date or exhibition history accompanies it, and none is needed to feel the assurance of the rounded profile. Alone on a low console or broad shelf, the unfilled pot lets side light travel slowly around the body so the firing surface and uninterrupted silhouette remain the whole composition.

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