The real Hong-rang climbed a hanok wall in an attempt to remove the talisman, but slipped and fell.
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Kayti Burt,
Time,
16 May 2025
Initials and the brand’s Eye of the Tiger motif—a design with roots in Ottoman Empire and Eastern philosophy is a modern talisman for strength and vitality—motif can also be added to bags.
In what is now China, fish carved from jade were worn as amulets, hanging like pendants, as far back as 10,000 B.C. in the Neolithic Age, according to Carol Michaelson, a research curator in the British Museum’s Asia department.
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Melanie Abrams,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
The amulet was found near the Tel Azka site, which has regularly yielded archaeological matter.
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Alex Greenberger for ARTNews,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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