{"product_id":"dragon-scale-ebony-protection-bracelet","title":"Dragon Scale Ebony Protection Bracelet","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery bead says dragon twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce as a figure, carved in relief with its mane and claws. Once as a word: \u003cstrong\u003e龍\u003c\/strong\u003e, the character for dragon, cut into a roundel on the other side. Between them the whole sphere is covered in scales, so there is no plain wood anywhere on the bracelet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScales are the dragon's armour. That is a plain enough reason to wear a wrist wrapped in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dragon is the animal of rain, and rain is the harvest, so it stands for fortune as much as for authority. It was the emperor's own emblem. On a man it is what you wear to be backed rather than to be noticed, and here you get the animal and its name on the same bead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn black wood all of this only shows in raking light. Indoors it reads as a plain dark band. Move your arm near a window and the whole surface comes up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor a man born in a dragon year.\u003c\/strong\u003e 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 and 2024, which makes it one of the easier gifts to get right if you know roughly how old he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWearing it in\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEbony wants no water and no heat, so keep it out of the shower and off a radiator, and a trace of oil on a cloth brings the colour back if it ever looks dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCarving:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dragon in relief on one face, the character 龍 in a roundel on the other, dragon scales over the rest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeads:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20mm \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":67597558907182,"sku":"200001034:5740#2.0cm-1","price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":67597558939950,"sku":"200001034:5740#2.0cm-2","price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":67597558972718,"sku":"200001034:5740#2.0cm-3","price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/ebony-dragon-scale-protection-bracelet-6.webp?v=1788424507","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/dragon-scale-ebony-protection-bracelet","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}