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Photo 1231/1(48)

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Title

Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 285 taken by Irene Vincent in 1948.

Date

1948

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Measurement

height 5.5 centimetres, width 5.5 centimetres

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Subject

caves Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : No. 82 in I. Vincent's wallet captioned 'E-2 #285, P120m, W. Wall. attendants @ side of niche.' No contact print. Reproduced as Plate 22, Irene Vongehr Vincent, 'The Sacred Oasis' (London, 1953), with the caption: 'Side of main alcove. Wall-painting in the Central Asian style.' Enlarged print Photo 1231/4(22).

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Vincents 1948-9

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Sponsors

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

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