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Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 254, south wall and ceiling, taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.
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1948
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height 20.6 centimetres, width 20.3 centimetres
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Scope and content : Plate 15, Irene Vongehr Vincent, 'The Sacred Oasis' (London, 1953). Captions reads: 'Detail of sculptured figure in niche, unrestored. Wooden brackets at peak of ceiling barely visible at top centre, as ceiling and east wall of this chapel have been blackened with soot from refugees' cook-fires.'
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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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