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Photograph of the ceiling in Dunhuang Mogao Cave 249.
Date
1948
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height 20.6 centimetres, width 20.3 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Plate 11, Irene Vongehr Vincent, 'The Sacred Oasis' (London, 1953). Caption reads: 'Ceiling of chapel. 'Lantern roof' design painted on central panel. Eleven-headed beast to extreme left, human figures mounted on or drawn by mythical animals. Crenellated gate partly visible at right.' Negative at Photo 1231/1(28).
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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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