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Photo 1231/4(5)

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Title

Photograph of the cliff, chapels and the Nine Storey Buddha at Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Date

1948

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 20.1 centimetres, width 19.3 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

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.'

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Vincents 1948-9

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Sponsors

The Vincent Collection was generously donated by the photographers’ daughters and son in memory of their parents.

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