Lot 501. A finely cast bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, late Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC; 12 in. (30.4 cm.) high . Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000 . Price realised USD 187,500. © Christie's 2021 The trumpet neck of the slender vessel is decorated...

Lot 2017. An unusual bronze ritual wine vessel, jue, late Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BC; 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price Realized USD 112,500 . © Christie's Images Ltd 2014. The deep body is raised on three tall blade-form...

Lot 3641. A bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, Shang dynasty, 13th century BC; 9½ in. (24 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price Realized USD 11,250 . © Christie's Images Ltd 2014. The vessel has a plain, trumpet-shaped neck above a center section...

Lot 833. A bronze ritual wine vessel, hu, Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 8); 12in (30.5cm) high. Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 2,700 - 4,500) . Courtesy Bonhams. The rounded baluster-form body rising to a gently waisted neck with a flared galleried mouth,...

Lot 12. A bronze ritual wine vessel (zun), Late Shang – Early Western Zhou dynasty. Height 13 in., 33 cm. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD . Lot sold 310,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's of cylindrical form, boldly cast around the slightly bulging waist with two...

A bronze ritual wine vessel (zun), Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th century BC. Photo: Sothebys. rising from a splayed foot to an everted rim, the central section cast in relief with two taotie masks with bulging eyes on a leiwen ground divided by...