圆明园被抢西周青铜器将在英国进行拍卖

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。

A thermoluminescence test determined the bronze relic dates back to between 2,200 and 3,500 years ago, to the Western Zhou dynasty.

经热释光测验，推断该青铜文物的年代可追溯到2200-3500年前的西周时期。

During the Second Opium War numerous treasures in the Summer Palace were looted by British and French troops.

第二次鸦片战争时期，英法联军洗劫了圆明园不计其数的珍宝。

The auction of Tiger Ying is drawing wide public attention to overseas Chinese relics.

此次“虎鎣”的拍卖引起公众对流散海外的中国文物的广泛关注。