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Photograph of Dunhuang Mogao Cave 159 taken by Irene Vincent 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 : No. 36 in I. Vincent's wallet captioned 'A-6 Cave 159 C 302 P021, late Tang, r. side cave' Reproduced as plate 44, Irene Vongehr Vincent, 'The Sacred Oasis' (London, 1953) with the caption 'T'ang Period wall painting: Cave 159, (P21 bis). West Wall. Detail of arhat, bodhisattva, and warrior-guardian on north (right) of alcove.' Enlarged print Photo 1231/4(44).
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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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