{"product_id":"fire-line-african-opal-tiger-zodiac-necklace","title":"Fire Line — African Opal Tiger Zodiac Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChina's king of beasts was never the lion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEurope settled on the lion and then had to keep importing them to look at. China had the tiger at home, and drew it as royalty for so long that the animal ended up wearing the word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook at the markings on a tiger's forehead. Chinese artists have read them for centuries as the character wang — king. Four strokes, three horizontal and one down the middle. Painters stopped suggesting it and started drawing it outright, so that on a great many Chinese tigers the word is not a resemblance any more. It is written there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tiger also had a direction. In the four-creature scheme painted on Han tomb walls, the White Tiger holds the west, the autumn, the metal, the side the sun leaves from. Not the friendly quarter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChina's king of beasts was never the lion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYin, the third earthly branch, is the double hour from three until five in the morning. The hour before light. Traditionally the hour tigers were said to be most active, which is a polite way of saying the hour you did not go outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone expects a tiger piece to be a tiger mid-roar. This one is asleep, curled under a flowering branch, with green stones scattered through the leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat was the decision worth making. A sleeping tiger is still a tiger and it does not need to prove anything to you, which is closer to what the sign actually means than a snarl would have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe metal is solid 925 sterling silver. The gold is a plated finish over that silver and the dark sections are a black finish over the same silver — plating is a surface, it wears with time, the silver underneath does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePosted to you tracked. 5–10 days to the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fur is cut in across the whole body rather than cast in, which is why it catches light in lines instead of patches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural African opal — 4 mm round\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNano emerald-green and nano black accent stones — laboratory-made, not mined emerald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e925 sterling silver, gold plated, with a black finish on the dark sections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePendant 25.49 mm across, on a box chain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree UK delivery · 5–10 days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorn for centuries as the sign of nerve rather than noise. Some people feel something when they put a sign on. Some don't. Either way it is an old idea and it is accurately made.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asi8","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49044062666922,"sku":"ASI8-OPA-018","price":189.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/3313\/2970\/files\/18-1.jpg?v=1786612305","url":"https:\/\/asieight.com\/products\/fire-line-african-opal-tiger-zodiac-necklace","provider":"Asi8","version":"1.0","type":"link"}