圓明園被搶西周青銅器將在英國進行拍賣

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.
我國稀有的青銅器“虎鎣”近日現身英國東南部的肯特郡，據信這件青銅器是1860年被從北京的圓明園掠走的。

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，這件文物將在坎特伯雷拍賣廊被拍賣，估價爲12-20萬英鎊。

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.
據英國坎特伯雷拍賣行透露，據說這種被稱爲鎣的同類古代器物，現存世的只有六件，其中五件收藏於博物館中。

A thermoluminescence test determined the bronze relic dates back to between 2,200 and 3,500 years ago, to the Western Zhou dynasty.
經熱釋光測驗，推斷該青銅文物的年代可追溯到2200-3500年前的西周時期。

During the Second Opium War numerous treasures in the Summer Palace were looted by British and French troops.
第二次鴉片戰爭時期，英法聯軍洗劫了圓明園不計其數的珍寶。

The auction of Tiger Ying is drawing wide public attention to overseas Chinese relics.
此次“虎鎣”的拍賣引起公衆對流散海外的中國文物的廣泛關注。