In a field along the side of the road near Wat Tako in Ayutthaya (fig.), lies this abandoned sculpture of a giant tiger, regarded in Asia as the king of the animals and the third animal of the Chinese zodiac (fig.).

Here, the tiger is adorned with flame-like pattern known as kranok (fig.) motifs, and with a pronounced collar around the neck that gives it a form that can at first be mistaken for a lion.