Scroll Painting, Signed Bian Dashou
Qing Dynasty or Later
Depicting an officer on horseback racing down a mountain road, the officer with sword and arrows and sheltering in his cloak a Chinese Mountain cat (Felis Bieti).
framed
17in. x 46in (44cm. x 117cm)

Note: The family name Bian is rare in China, however there was one famous Classical painter with the name. There is no attribution of this scroll painting to that artist, and some speculation that an 19th century antiques merchant may have signed this scroll.
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