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로브 로이(Rob Roy) (2016-GT), born Robert MacGregor (1671 - 1734), was a Scot who fought against the tyranny of the land barons in the Scotland of the early 18th century. A soldier at eighteen, he espoused the Jacobite cause and fought for the Stuart King James against the English. After his own lands were confiscated by the Duke of Montrose he became a champion of the oppressed and organized a number of uprisings against the oppressors. Famed for his resistance to authority and acclaimed as the best swordsman in Scotland, Rob Roy was a true hero of the people. Measures: 9-3/4" x 4-3/4" x 4-3/4" |
| 피디피더스(Phidippides) (2017-GT), the legendary Greek hero whose exploits introduced the word Marathon into the vocabulary of athletics, was an Athenian soldier/runner charged with enlisting the aid of the Spartans when the Persian army landed on the plains of Marathon, about twenty six miles from Athens, in 490 BC. After a 280-mile round-trip run to Sparta, Phidippides marched with the Athenian army to Marathon, fought in the victory over the Persians and then ran back to Athens to warn of a direct Persian attack on the city - where he collapsed and died from exhaustion. His actions helped to keep the Persians from conquering what is now Europe - a turning point in world history. Measures: 9-1/2" x 4" x 6-1/4" |  |
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Among the samurai legendary heroes are many, but in Japanese folk lore Samurai 오히시 쿠라노수케 (2018-GT)(1657-1702) is renowned for avenging the murder of his master, Asano Takuminokam, by Kira Kouzukenosuke. In a two hour battle, Kuranosuke and forty seven followers killed or injured Kouzukenosuke and thirty six of his samurai, against only four injured on his own side. Kouzukenosuke's head subsequently decorated the tomb of Takuminokam. Measures: 9" x 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" 가격:200,000원 |
| 천산풍(Cheugn San Fung) (2019-GT) was a 14th Century Taoist and originator of the Wu Tang sect. His many years of research resulted in the creation of Tai Chi Chuan as a means of improving the general physique and as a martial art dedicated to self-defence. Tai Chi Chuan's impressive wordwide popularity in the 21st century stems from the dedication of Cheugn San Fung. Measures: 7" x 5-3/4" |  |
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The Viking 레프 에릭슨(Lief Eriksson) (2020-GT) (975 - 1020) is believed by many to be the first European to set foot on North American soil, almost five hundred years before Columbus. Setting sail on unknown frigid seas from a Greenland colony established by his father, Eric the Red, Eriksson touched Baffin Island and Labrador before reaching the land he named Vinland (probably Newfoundland). After building houses and wintering over in Vinland, the party retraced its steps to Greenland, a round trip of some 2500 miles in an open boat. The remains of a Viking settlement were found in Newfoundland in 1963. Measures:10" x 5-1/8" x 4" |
| The Oglala Lakota Red Cloud (2021-GT) (1822 - 1909) was a true champion of his people's resistance to the encroachment of the white man on ancestral territories and hunting grounds. Blooded and greatly respected as a warrior in inter-tribal territorial wars, Red Cloud the chief effectively defeated the US military in "Red Cloud's War" (1866-68). A brilliant negotiator, Red Cloud visited Washington many times served the interests of his people well. The hawk symbolizes the great spiritual communion with nature of the Indians of the Northern Plains, who believed and still believe that their lives and all of nature are intertwined. Measures: 10-1/4" x 5" x 5-1/8" |
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