Figure from a temple, possibly an incense burner, depicting a bronze elephant carrying a howdah. Made from three detachable pieces: elephant, and two parts of the howdah. Overall, the figure is decorated in semi-relief, with dragons on either side of saddle blanket and on top of the roof, and two panels with cranes in open-work in the middle section. There are some remains of gilding on the trunk. Three small pieces have become detached, but are still present.
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