The lion, along with the tiger, is widely regarded as a symbol of bravery, but in Buddhism it also has a symbolic meaning as a protector of Buddhist Law. During the Unified Silla Period, the lion design was used as a symbol representing the expulsion of evil, together with an image of a beast. This softly baked roof-end tile is decorated with a band of stamen design on the outer ring of its face, while the face itself has a lion sitting in the middle surrounded by an eight-leaf Buddhist floral design.