此枚镶嵌绿松石的金戒指是英国女作家奥斯丁仅存的3件首饰中的1件。凯莉去年花费超过15万英镑(约合人民币130万元)从苏富比拍卖行购得。但当她申请出口许可时，英国官员认为戒指是国家财富，应该被保留在英国。英国文化部长随即下达短期限制令，暂时禁止凯莉将戒指带出英国。

　　凯莉表示，如果有英国买家出到她的价格，她愿意将戒指出让。但如果一直没有英国买家愿意购买，英政府不得不给凯莉颁发出口许可证。

　　简·奥斯丁是《傲慢与偏见》等著名小说的作者。自1817年逝世后，这枚戒指一直保存在她家中，直到去年7月在伦敦被拍卖。

　　Government bans U.S. singer Kelly Clarkson from taking ￡150，000 gold ring once owned by Jane Austen out of Britain

　　The singer bought the jewellery at auction last year

　　Culture minister Ed Vaizey has put a temporary export bar on the piece

　　The ring is one of only three surviving pieces of jewellery known to have belonged to the Pride and Prejudice author

　　As a self-proclaimed ‘history nerd’， American popstar Kelly Clarkson was happy to pay more than ￡150，000 for a ring that once belonged to Jane Austen.

　　But the 31-year-old singer has been told she cannot take the item out of Britain and back to her native Texas because it is a ‘national treasure’.

　　Miss Clarkson， the first winner of talent show American Idol， saw off seven bidders in an auction at Sotheby’s last year for the gold and turquoise ring.

　　Still in its original box， it was sold for ￡152，450 despite being expected to fetch only ￡30，000.

　　But when she applied for an export licence， a reviewing committee recommended that the ring should be kept in the UK.

　　Precious： The ring is one of only three surviving pieces of jewellery known to have belonged to Jane Austen

　　Culture Secretary Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on the item in the hope a UK buyer can be found to purchase it.

　　He said： ‘Jane Austen’s modest lifestyle and her early death mean that objects associated with her of any kind are extremely rare， so I hope this simple but elegant ring can be saved for the nation.’

　　If no British bidder comes forward the Government will not be able to ruse an export licence.

　　But Miss Clarkson has indicated she will be willing to sell the piece of jewellery if an offer matching hers is made.

　　The export licensing decision will be derred until September 30 and can be delayed until December 30 if proof emerges of a ‘serious’ UK buyer.

　　Miss Clarkson encountered a similar problem when she bought a first edition of Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion， saying last year： ‘We put in an export request but I can’t take it out of the UK as they’ve named it a national treasure.’

　　After the author’s death in 1817， aged 41， the ring was given to her older sister Cassandra and kept in the family until it was sold at the auction in London last July.

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