Sun Jianxing LEAF Jianzhan Tenmoku Cha-wan SJX038｜Jian Ware Tea Bowl with Certificate｜孙建兴 木叶盏

SUN JIANXING · LEAF

孙建兴 · 木叶盏｜SJX038

A MAJOR NAME IN MODERN JIAN ZHAN

For a collector, the importance of this bowl begins with the maker.

Sun Jianxing 孙建兴 is a Chinese Arts and Crafts Master and the sole National Representative Inheritor of the Jian Kiln Jianzhan Firing Technique, a National Intangible Cultural Heritage project of China.

Beginning in 1979, he participated in the research and revival of Jian Zhan firing and became one of the defining figures in the modern return of this historic ceramic tradition.

His works have entered major national museum collections in China.

With SJX038, however, authorship is only the beginning.

Because Leaf ware introduces something another glaze cannot:

the identity of the leaf itself.

LEAF｜木叶

A Leaf Jian Zhan is not simply a bowl decorated with a leaf.

The leaf becomes part of the work.

Its shape.

Its veins.

Its position.

The way it survives the firing.

And the way it sits against the surrounding glaze.

All of these determine the final composition.

No two leaves are identical.

And once the leaf meets glaze and fire, no two results can be exactly repeated.

That gives Leaf ware an unusually strong sense of individuality.

NOT A PATTERN. A PARTICULAR WORK.

With Oil Drop or Hare’s Fur, collectors can compare different examples of the same glaze language.

Leaf ware is different.

You are not simply choosing:

“A Sun Jianxing Leaf bowl.”

You are choosing:

this leaf,
in this position,
on this bowl,
after this firing.

That distinction matters.

Because the closer a Jian Zhan moves from “glaze type” toward “individual composition”, the more it begins to feel like a specific work rather than a category.

SJX038 belongs firmly in that territory.

WHY IT MATTERS IN A COLLECTION

Among the different Jian Zhan expressions, Leaf ware carries one of the clearest visual identities.

It is immediately recognisable.

Yet every successful piece remains distinctly its own.

When that individuality is combined with the authorship of Sun Jianxing, the result is especially compelling for a collector.

This is not simply about owning another glaze.

It is about adding a work with:

a major maker,
a clear individual identity,
and a composition that cannot simply be reproduced later.

At approximately 9 cm in diameter, SJX038 is compact in scale.

But as a collectible object, it has presence far beyond its size.

COLLECTOR DETAILS

Artist: Sun Jianxing 孙建兴
Style: Leaf 木叶
Diameter: Approx. 9 cm
Certificate: Included
Origin: Jianyang, Fujian, China
OVP Collection Ref.: SJX038

孙建兴 · 木叶盏｜SJX038

孙建兴，中国工艺美术大师，国家级非遗“建窑建盏烧制技艺”唯一的国家级代表性传承人。

自1979年起参与建窑建盏烧制技艺的恢复研究，是现代建盏复兴的重要代表人物。

木叶和其他釉色最大的不同，是：

叶子本身，就是作品的一部分。

叶片的形态、脉络、位置，以及经过窑火后最终留下的状态，共同决定了这一只盏的构图。

没有两片完全相同的叶。

也不会有两次完全相同的窑变结果。

所以收藏木叶，不能只看成“多了一种釉色”。

真正收藏的是：

这一片叶。
这一只盏。
这一次窑火。

当这种不可重复的单件性，再加上孙建兴的作者身份，作品就不再只是“木叶盏”这个类别。

而是一件有明确个性的孙建兴作品。

约9cm，附证书。

同样是木叶，下一只可以再来。
但不会再是SJX038。