A rare Chinese bronze vessel, Tiger Ying, believed to have been taken during the looting of Beijing's Old Summer Palace in 1860, has been discovered in Kent, southeast England. 我国稀有的青铜器“虎鎣”近日现身英国东南部的肯特郡,据信这件青铜器是1860年被从北京的圆明园掠走的。 The relic will go on sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries on April 11 with an estimate of 120,000 pounds to 200,000 pounds. 4月11日,这件文物将在坎特伯雷拍卖廊被拍卖,估价为12-20万英镑。 According to The Canterbury Auction Galleries, only six similar archaic vessels, known as Ying, are said to exist, and five of them are in museums. 据英国坎特伯雷拍卖行透露,据说这种被称为鎣的同类古代器物,现存世的只有六件,其中五件收藏于博物馆中。 |