Outstanding among these distinguished examples of oriental beauty is an imperial lama robe which was worn by the Emperor once a year during the lama temple ceremonies. Rectangular in shape, it was clasped around the neck with a jade buckle. Ju its imperial yellow surface more han 1000 tiny figures of deities are worked, their headdresses. adorned with pearls and coral, Once an imperial throne carpet, a blue-velvetand-gold-thread hanging tas a field of peonies and a wall-of-Troy border. A banner which was presented by the Emperor to a high official of the court on the latter's Marvelous
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