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Photo 1231/5(10)

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Title

Photograph of portrait of the donor, Cao Yanlu, in Dunhuang Mogao Cave 454, taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Date

1948

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 20.5 centimetres, width 20.3 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

donor caves

Description

Scope and content : Plate 69, Basil Gray and John B. Vincent, 'Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-Huang' (London, 1959:76). Caption: 'Second half of the tenth century. Portrait of a princely donor, Ts'ao Yen-lu.' Negative at Photo 1231/1(63). Another copy at Photo 1231/5(9).

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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