Chihu Gong: A Dragon-Shaped Dou Gong with Angular Folds

Show a close view of a Taiwanese temple bracket set carved in the manner of Chen Ying-bin, whose signature is the stylised tiger-dragon bracket. Render the bracket arms not as plain curved members but carved into abstracted dragon forms with squared, angular folds — the creature's body turned into a series of right-angled scrolls that still read as a structural arm, its head resolving into a compact snout and eye at the outer end. Compose several of these into a symmetrical group radiating from a column head, tightly interlocked and rigorously balanced so the arrangement reads as disciplined rather than exuberant. Detail the timber in dark red-brown with gold leaf on the carved ridges and eyes, and traces of cobalt and jade in the recesses. Show the beam above and the eave purlin resting on the set, with daylight from one side raking across so every fold casts shadow. Photorealistic, precise, geometric and richly carved, tight three-quarter view.