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Photograph by John Vincent of the Dunhuang Mogao Cave 285 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 : Photograph by John Vincent of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 285 in 1948 captioned in his list as 'Panel south of alcove. Left-hand portion of Pelliot CCLXI.' The panel north of alcove is reproduced as Plate 21 (b&w) in Basil Gray, 'Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-Huang' (Faber: London 1959). There is a duplicate 55mm glass slide (Photo 1231/6(104) and copy negative.
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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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