Museum contacted after large 13th-century glazed tile taken from monument in 2014 turned up for sale in Mayfair galleryThe British Museum has helped to recover an important medieval Islamic artefact that surfaced in a London gallery after it was stolen from a monument in Uzbekistan.The huge calligraphic glazed tile – half a metre in height – had disappeared in 2014. Thieves left a gaping gap after they removed it from the magnificent entrance facade of a 12th-century monument,just over 12 miles (20km) from Bukhara, the Unesco world heritage site on the ancient Silk Road route. Related: Gandharan Buddha thought looted from Kabul will be on show at the British Museum until mid-July Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com