"Bai Hua" (百花), literally "hundred flowers," is a crystalline Jianzhan glaze named for the dense, fine speckles that burst across the surface like a field of flowers in bloom. The "Liang Mian" (亮面, "bright surface") prefix marks a higher-fired version: the glaze runs smoother and the crystals catch the light more strongly, giving the bowl a wet, almost glassy sheen that ordinary oil-spot glazes do not have.
Here the pattern radiates outward from the center of the interior in a striking blue-silver burst. The ground sits a deep blue-black at the base, lifting through teal and silver-blue along the way, with the finest crystalline "petals" clustering near the rim where the glaze thins and brightens. The exterior carries the same fine pattern in deeper, more uniform tones, with a quiet iridescence that shifts as the bowl turns in the hand.
Handcrafted in Jianyang, Nanping, Fujian — historically known as Jianzhou or Jian'an — and fired at 1300°C. The bowl is dense in hand and holds heat well; its iron-rich glaze is often said to soften the taste of the tea.
| Capacity |
150 ml |
| Weight |
202 g |
| Height |
5.0 cm |
| Diameter |
8.5 cm |
Handmade — slight variations in size and weight are normal.
Held in hand for size reference — see photo above.
Photos are taken of one piece selected at random from each batch. The bowl you receive will carry the same glaze and the same overall pattern, with only very slight differences in the exact placement of individual spots or streaks — a subtle variation, never a drastic change. Slight color differences may also appear due to lighting and screen calibration.
Packaging
Each Jianzhan comes in a dedicated cloth bag — cotton-linen exterior, silk-wadding interlayer, velvet-lined interior — then securely packed for safe shipping.
Availability
Limited stock. 2–5 pieces available per design — once sold out, not restocked.
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Note: some bowls carry small smooth sand points on the glaze surface — natural marks left by the firing, very common in wood-fired, traditionally hand-thrown Jianzhan. They are smooth to the touch, with no pits or depressions, do not affect the bowl's use for tea in any way, and are not considered a workmanship defect.
