The term t'ao-tieh is known as the demon-face or the face of a sacrificial animal in early Chinese art.

He looked up into the face of an animal.

That one eye in his big, bony face, like the face of an animal.

It would not be hard to imagine the face of a small animal in the knots and curves.

She turned and he saw the instinctive fear on her face, as on the face of a hunted animal.

He had the face of an animal, broad and flat, with diamond-shaped eyes.

The face of an animal seemed to peep through the golden light.

His face was pitted and like the face of an animal.

It was like trying to read the face of an animal; no, the face of a statue.

The front of the rock represents a face of an animal facing the village located down to the west direction.