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Photograph of the Dunhuang Mogao Caves taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.
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1948
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height 5.5 centimetres, width 5.5 centimetres
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Scope and content : No. 102 in I. Vincent's wallet but numbers and captions confused. Probably caption under 100, 4: '5th storey to S.'. Reproduced as Plate 4, Irene Vongehr Vincent, 'The Sacred Oasis' (London, 1953), with the caption: 'First view of Ch'ien Fo Tung after passing through the north gate. Sand covers the cliff top like a roof, above which can be seen the tower of the Nine Storey Building'. Enlarged print Photo 1231/4(4).
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DHMG.
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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The Vincent Collection was generously donated by the photographers’ daughters and son in memory of their parents.
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