China: Kublai Khan hunting on horseback (1280).

Chinese scroll painting from 1280 by Liu Kuan-tao showing a camel caravan carrying carpets in the background with the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan hunting in foreground; note hunting cheetah on back of saddle.

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