A "gazing ball" is a decorative ball made of glass or metal placed in a garden or yard. People use it to look at and reflect on their surroundings. Full definition
Each work has a blue glass gazing ball that sits on a painted aluminum shelf attached to the front of the painting. (dreamideamachine.com)
To make your own gazing ball, you can find used bowling balls at thrift stores and spray them with a mirror - like spray paint. (listotic.com)
Last summer, Rachofsky and Faulconer purchased the largest sculpture from Koons's recent Gazing Ball series of white plaster figures with blue glass globes that, following its loan to the Koons retrospective opening this month at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, will take up residence in the Warehouse. (wmagazine.com)