Overview

• Three unique works were taken from the Adrien Dubouché museum: two Jingdezhen plates from the 14th and 15th centuries and an 18th‑century vase, designated national treasures with insurance valuing them above €6.5 million.
• Investigators say the burglars broke a window at about 03:15, guards were not injured, and the suspects fled before police arrived.
• Limoges organized‑crime units and France’s central office for combating trafficking in cultural goods have taken over, with prosecutors investigating theft of cultural property and property damage.
• Limoges mayor Émile Roger Lombertie said he believes the theft was carried out on commission for private collectors, a line of inquiry authorities are assessing.
• Der Spiegel, citing Paris Match, reported the pieces were displayed in a temporary exhibit and belonged to a private owner.