Vessel that bears the divine Form that casts the soul · Heritage-Grade Devotional Art · Bespoke Deity Statues · BY COMMISSION

PROLOGUE

The form, I cannot make
The eyes, I dare not dot

Temple-Grade Devotional Artifacts

Bespoke Deity Statues · Eye-Dotting Consecration

Mingdeng Atelier Founder · Lin Shih-chieh

The Flagship Vessel

Act One · Form · Shown in a Dream THE FORM, FROM DREAM

The form, we cannot make —

we can only wait for it to appear, in a dream.

Act Two · Craft · Prepared by Hand THE CRAFT, BY HAND

The form from the dream must be traced back into the world by hand.

A precision of 0.04 millimetres,

the warmth of a genuine gold-leaf finish—

we prepared the form, and we prepared the spirit,

yet that one dot, we dared not presume to make.

Act Three · Consecration · Dotted by the Divine CONSECRATED BY THE DIVINE

The dragon opened its eyes.

The spirit entered.

Act Four · The Vessel THE VESSEL

Nine Dragons Treasury Casket

Nine Dragons Treasury

Form and spirit complete, and granted by the divine — only then is it a vessel.

rests the sacred name of the one who sent the dream. Haotian Jinque Jade Emperor (昊天金闕玉皇大天尊)

Act Five · The Bond the bond

The form revealed by dream, the spirit wrought by craft.

And it waits for the one to whom it is destined.