This tile, produced by kilns in the vicinity of Pegu, originally adorned a niche of the enclosure wall of one of the temples built under the reign of King Dhammaceti (reigned 1472–92). The liveliness of expression associated with tiles from this group is certainly embodied by these two elephant-headed warriors. Members of the monstrous army sent by the evil Mara to disrupt the Buddha’s meditation on the eve of his enlightenment; here, the warriors dance in celebration of the Buddha’s victory.