Fujita Museum
A Magnificent and Highly Important Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel, Fangzun
Late Shang Dynasty, Anyang, 13th-11th Century BC
Estimate: $6,000,000-8,000,000
Price realized: $37,207,500
15 March 2017, New York 

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