法国佳士得拍卖行圆明园鼠兔首铜像分别以1400万欧元卖出
法国佳士得拍卖行二十五日晚间在巴黎拍卖中国圆明园流失文物鼠首和兔首铜像，两个兽首分别以一千四百万欧元的价格被一电话买家买走。佳士得拍卖行将两件铜像的起拍价分别定为八百万至一千万欧元，总价约为二亿元人民币。不过因为目前仍不清楚买家的身份，在买家实际付款前，也不确定交易是否成功，因此律师团将继续关注事态发展，待事态明朗后再进一步采取法律行动。
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Two controversial ancient Chinese relics were auctioned off on Wednesday night for 14 million euros (17.92 million U.S. dollars) each by anonymous telephone bidders in Christie's sale of the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge in the Grand Palace of Paris.
According to Christie's, they have received 8 phone calls for "enquiries" before the sale. After the auction was launched, the competition was only conducted between telephone bidders, with no one in the scene raised for a bid.Christie's refused to disclose who were the bidders at a press conference afterward.
The bronze sculptures, a rat's head and a rabbit's head, were looted by invading Anglo-French expedition army in the 19th century, when the invaders burned down the royal garden of Yuanmingyuan in Beijing.
Li Huan, a Chinese student in France told Xinhua that the two bronzes are news for the French, but history for the Chinese. Earlier this night, some Chinese students in France voluntarily went to the Grand Palace, distributing sheets introducing the history of Yuanmingyuan and the Second Opium War in 1860.