A rare carved celadon-ground famille-verte medallion bowlQing dynasty, Kangxi periodpainted with four circular medallions with birds and insects amongst flowering plants, all on a moulded ‘reticulated’ ground with fretwork, gently inset with pale green glaze, the base with a Chenghua markDiameter 19 cm, 7½ in.__________________________________________________________________________Rare bol en porcelaine de la famille-verte à fond céladon et médaillons à décor de fleurs et d'oiseaux, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi__________________________________________________________________________清康熙 豆青地五彩雕錦紋開光花鳥紋盌来源: Matthias Komor, New York.Collection of Paul and Helen Bernat.Christie’s, New York, 2nd June 1994, lot 354.Collection of Jeffrey P. Stamen, The Jie Rui Tang Collection, no. 1180.__________________________________________________________________________Matthias Komor，紐約Paul 與Helen Bernat 伉儷珍藏紐約佳士得，1994年6月2日，編號354潔蕊堂杰夫·史得門先生珍藏，編號1180文学背景: Jeffrey P. Stamen, Cynthia Volk and Yibin Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-Era Chinese Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, no. 57, p. 148 (pair), where the authors note that a similar bowl is in the Walter’s Art Museum, Baltimore, illustrated in Stephen W. Bushell in Oriental Ceramic Art, fig. 105.专文: A brush pot in the Qing Court Collection with a similar ‘reticulated’ ground is illustrated by Wang Liying in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 38, no. 147, p. 161, where the author notes that this ‘reticulated’ decoration is not common on Kangxi famille verte, wucai porcelain; another also painted with particularly high-quality panels, is illustrated by Sam Marsh in Brush Pots, A Collector’s View, the Ashfield Collection, PB 23, pp. 252/3.