the Buddha. One great wrought-steel chorten with
chased courses and turquoise and gold ornamentation
stood out among a crowd of lesser ones of brass or
The altar of the little yellow gompa in Gyantse jong. There was-a large
turquoise set in the forehead of the central Buddha.
silver, antique ivories from India, vases with peacock
feathers, and great brass and copper lamps. These
lamps are perhaps the most striking ornament of a
Buddhist shrine. Sometimes single, there may be
