Asian Art website: Winged horse beast

Green-glazed square tile molded from reddish earthenware with a plain background framed by a raised rim. In the center is a fantastic four-legged horse-like beast with fangs, spiked mane of five scored triangles, upraised tail in two plumes, and with a short flame-like wing and an eye motif above its foreleg. Presented in profile view. Gripped in the beast's mouth is a long-tailed animal.