Provenance: American private collection. Chinese monochrome white vase, 13 1/2"h. The vase evenly potted of generous proportions with the full rounded shoulders rising at a gently flared angle from the base and sweeping to a short waisted neck, finely incised around the body with a broad frieze of leafy peony scrolls bearing four large, full blossoms, with smaller subsidiary buds, framed below by a band of classic lappet at the foot, covered overall with a fine and smooth,There is a text section at the bottom, which seems to be: Yongle Year. Four words