There is one known instance [though undoubted there were others] of elephants being used in surface decoration on a plate from Phayo. Other than this instance however, elephants were hardly ever used on plates which were mainly decorated with fish and floral patterns. Most elephants are created as figurines. The elephants created as celebrants of war were usually of the large variety, while the smaller figurines were, and still are in some instances, used in buddhist ceremonies and animistic ceremonies centered around the spirit houses.

Only two ceramic elephants have been found at the Tak burial sites. One is a large urn, possibly used for the ashes of a senior official, sculpted into a war elephant. Stylistically this urn is more related to Burmese ceramics than to Thai ceramics. The other is a sculpture of an elephant with two mounted human figures and one human figure standing at each foot. The origin of this sculpture is placed at Sri Satchanelai.

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The Hong or Hamse is a bird motif Burmese in origin and many kendi vessels are made in this shape.

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The greatest source of artifacts is the kiln sites themselves. The buddhist focus on impermanence was the major reason the Thai left no burial sites, and the temples did not accumulate any degree of wealth in terms of artifacts.