Created as a 2022 Year of the Tiger Commemorative Edition, this substantial Jian Zhan tea bowl displays an extraordinary Hundred Flower glaze filled with large metallic blossoms. Bronze, copper, gold, violet, and flashes of turquoise emerge across the dark glaze, forming a dense garden of overlapping petal-like patterns. Under ordinary light the cup has a warm, deeply metallic character, while stronger illumination reveals brilliant iridescent color hidden within each formation. The broad bowl form provides an especially large surface for the kiln-created pattern, with the flowers continuing from the center across the interior and around the outer walls.
The complete presentation includes the exact tea bowl pictured, a fitted red wooden tiger presentation box, commemorative card, and encapsulated 2022 Year of the Tiger coin. The colorful tiger artwork and gold Chinese lettering on the box identify it as the Year of the Tiger Commemorative Edition by XUN ZHAN. Together, the cup and accompanying pieces create a distinctive collector’s set celebrating both the Chinese zodiac and the unpredictable beauty of Jian Zhan firing.
