"Bai Hua" (百花, "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 "Mo Sha Mian" (磨砂面, "frosted surface") prefix marks a calmer, matte-fired version of the same family: the crystals form and settle without running into a glassy sheen, leaving a soft, almost suede-like surface that absorbs rather than reflects the light.
Here the pattern opens outward from the center of the interior in a blue-silver bloom. The ground sits a deep blue-black at the base, lifting through teal into a soft silver cloud near the rim where the glaze thins. The exterior carries the same fine pattern in deeper, more muted tones — the crystals read as quiet blue-grey patches against the dark body, never shiny, always soft.
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 |
125 ml |
| Weight |
193 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.
