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銘文：母嬣日辛。
說明：角是飲酒器，《禮記·禮器》：“宗廟之祭，尊者聚觶，卑者舉角。”鄭玄注：“四升為角。”與其他酒器組合，據(jù)《儀禮·特牲餽食禮》：“實二爵四觶一角一散。”《考工記·梓人》引《韓詩》云：“一升曰爵，二升曰觚，三升曰觶，四升曰角，五升曰散。”依此說，角與爵之容量為四比一。自宋以來，定爵形器無流而具兩翼若尾者為角，其容量與爵大致相等，故不是《禮記·禮器》注和《韓詩》所云之角，或者是爵之某種變體。
夏代晚期有前后成尾形的陶管流角，盤龍城遺址也出土有前尾不發(fā)達(dá)的管流角。最早的青銅角為上海博物館所藏的夏代晚期的異形管流角，長體分段，杯體下有圓圈，底下承三足，上口前后皆呈翼狀，前翼與一般的爵不同，頸部有一斜置的流，與陶器相同。商晚期角發(fā)展成熟，延續(xù)到西周早期。
此青銅角為美國紐約蘭捷里（J.J.Lally）舊藏，上有標(biāo)簽“LALLY & CO NEW YORK X2611”。角流、尾一致，俱呈尖尾翼。口沿左右對稱，類緩坡的“V”字形。頸部收攏，腹部作圓卵貌，一側(cè)有半環(huán)鋬，底承三條外撇的錐形足。頸部飾蕉葉紋，流尾下的兩個較長，其馀較短，內(nèi)部對稱浮雕兩個獸體變形紋。腹部一面出扉棱，分別以扉棱和鋬?yōu)楸腔〉瘾F面紋。獸面僅凸顯眉、目、口、耳，不繪面龐輪廓及獸體其馀部位，滿工云雷地紋。其主紋、地紋涇渭分明，與頸、腹風(fēng)格統(tǒng)一。流內(nèi)一面有銘文“母嬣日辛”四字，為簡式祭辭，是較少的銘文鑄于器內(nèi)壁而非鋬下之例。依器型、銘文斷，此件屬典型的商晚期器。日本出光美術(shù)館藏有一件同尺寸、同紋飾、同銘文器，當(dāng)與本件為一對，可作參照。
角的存世數(shù)量遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)少于爵，多藏于世界各大知名博物館中，珍罕程度和收藏價值不言而喻。
LATE SHANG DYNASTY A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
Illustrated: 1. Lot 50, Sotheby's London, June 10, 1986
2. Collection of the Recent Excavated Bronze Inscriptions of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, vol. 3, p. 366, no. 897, Zhonghua Book Company, 2002
3. A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's Sales, no. 297, Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, 2007
4. Illustrated Collection of Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, vol. 17, no. 08753, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2012
Provenance: J. J. Lally, New York.
Note: Attached is a label of 'LALLY & CO NEW YORK X2611'.
高：17cm
RMB: 1,200,000－1,800,000
出版： 1. 倫敦蘇富比第五零號，1986年6月10日。
2. 劉雨、盧巖《近出殷周金文集錄》第三冊第三六六頁第八九七號，中華書局，2002年。
3. 劉雨、汪濤《流散歐美殷周有銘青銅器集錄》第二九七號，上海辭書出版社，2007年。
4. 吳鎮(zhèn)烽《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》第十七冊第零八七五三號，上海古籍出版社，2012年。
遞藏： 美國紐約蘭捷里（J. J. Lally）舊藏。
附：標(biāo)簽“LALLY & CO NEW YORK X2611”。
Illustrated: 1. A rubbing inscribed by Duan Fang, Shu Shuji and Li Baifeng, 1905
2. Collection of Bronze Wares of Taozhai Studio, vol. 1, p. 48, 1908
3. Collection of Bronze Wares of Shang and Zhou Dynasties Plundered by American Imperialism, p. 215, no. R291; p. 469, no. A180, Science Press, 1962
4. Research on Bronze Vessels of Yin and Zhou Dynasties: Overview of Bronze Vessels of Yin and Zhou Dynasties, vol. 1, p. 100, Gui-no. 165, Yoshikawa Kobukan, 1984
5. Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. 2, album B, pp. 404-405, no. 48, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1990
6. Illustrated Collection of Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, vol. 8, no. 04157, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2012
Literature: 7. Inscriptions on Bronzes of Yuhuage Studio, vol. 17, prior to 1899
8. Collection of Inscriptions of Yin and Zhou Dynasties, vol. 3, p. 113, no. 7, 1916
9. Ke Zhai Ji Gu Lu, vol. 8, p. 9, no. 1, 1918
10. The Rubbings of Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels from Xiao Jiao Jin Ge, vol. 7, p. 26, no. 2, 1935
11. The Collected Works of Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels from Three Dynasties, vol. 6, p. 30, no. 1, 1937
12. Collection of Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels from Shandong, Section Fu-p. 3, no. 1, 1940
13. Literature List of Inscriptions on Bronze Objects from Three Dynasties, no. 1383, Students Book Company, 1977
14. Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions Collected in China, Japan, Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand, vol. 7, p. 757, Yee Wen Publishing Company, 1978
15. Supplement to Inscriptions on the Bronzes of Three Dynasties, no. 291, Taiwan Kuofong Publishing House, 1980
16. Index to Literatures of Inscriptions on Bronzes, no. 1913, China Book Company, 1981
17. General Collection of Inscriptions on Bronzes, no. 2105, Yee Wen Publishing Company, 1983
18. Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels of Yin and Zhou Dynasties, vol. 6, no. 03469, China Book Company, 1994
19. Collection of Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels from Shandong, p. 271, Qilu Book Society, 2007
Provenance: 1. Xu Yanxuan, China.
2. Duan Fang, China.
3. Ton-Ying & Co, New York.
4. Arthur M. Sackler, New York.
Note: 1.The title slip is written by Duan Fang.
2. The rubbing is inscribed by Duan Fang ,Shu Shuji and Li Baifeng.
