[Photo] Goryeo Dynasty Buddhist painting comes back to Seoul

Korea Kolmar Holdings Chairman Yoon Dong-han (left) and National Museum of Korea Director Lee Young-hoon talk during a donation ceremony for “Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara,” a Goryeo Dynasty Buddhist painting that was taken out of Korea, then purchased for 2.5 billion won by Yoon and donated to the museum, in Seoul’s Yongsan district, Oct. 17. It will be exhibited from Oct. 18-Nov. 13. There are only 46 such paintings remaining in the world, only six of which are in Korea. (by Kim Jeong-hyo, staff photographer)

Korea Kolmar Holdings Chairman Yoon Dong-han (left) and National Museum of Korea Director Lee Young-hoon talk during a donation ceremony for “Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara,” a Goryeo Dynasty Buddhist painting that was taken out of Korea, then purchased for 2.5 billion won by Yoon and donated to the museum, in Seoul’s Yongsan district, Oct. 17. It will be exhibited from Oct. 18-Nov. 13. There are only 46 such paintings remaining in the world, only six of which are in Korea. (by Kim Jeong-hyo, staff photographer)

“Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara”

“Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara”

An x-ray of “Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara”