Note: The inscription may be translated as Yu X (personal name) had this vessel made for Father Geng.  Three zun dated to the Middle Western Zhou are illustrated by by Jessica Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Vol. IIB, Washington D.C., 1990.  The first, with an almost identical design and of similar height is in the collection of the Hakutsuru Bijutsukan, Kobe and is illustrated on p. 591 fig. 90.3. The next  from the collection of the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, is also similarly decorated except that there is no decoration on the foot, and is illustrated on p. 591, fig. 90.4.  The third example is from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and is illustrated ibid., p. 592.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012