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Photograph of the cliff, chapels and the Nine Storey Buddha at Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.
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1948
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height 20.1 centimetres, width 19.3 centimetres
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Scope and content : Plate 5, Irene Vongehr Vincent, 'The Sacred Oasis' (London, 1953). 2 copies. Captions reads: 'A view of the cliff and chapels. The Nine Storey Building is on the right. The lines of two verandahs built by the Tun Huang Institute appear in the lefthand portion. The ante-chapels here have been partially destroyed.'
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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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