Priceless: Small Museum With Big Heart Returns Plundered Korean Art

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Detail of painting by Courtesy of the OKCHF
VIRGINIA---Norfolk's Hermitage Museum & Gardens has just given a rare 18th century Buddhist painting on fabric from its collection to the National Museum of Korea. The Korean Sakyamuni Triad Painting's century-long, circuitous journey was finally completed when it was returned to Korea with the assistance of the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (OKCHF). The focus of the OKCHF is to preserve and protect Korean art, and to reclaim some of the art which was plundered during the Japanese occupation. The 10-foot by 10-foot painting depicts Buddha delivering a sermon to his followers. [link]

Korean Sakyamuni Triad Painting by Courtesy of the OKCHF

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