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Photograph by John Vincent of the Dunhuang Mogao Cave 428 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 428 in 1948 captioned in his list as 'Ceiling of cave.' The image is that reproduced as Plate 14B (B&w) in Basil Gray, 'Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-Huang' (Faber: London 1959), which is captioned: 'Ceiling of cave 428. About A.D. 520–30.'
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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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