Kublai Khan

 

Here is a Kublai Khan command stand for my Mongol army. Figures are by Curteys Miniatures from 1st Corps Miniatures. They have an excellent Mongol range, the figures really have a lot of character. Below is the famous painting of Kublai Khan Hunting painted in 1280 by Liu Guando. One of the attendants, in the middle at the bottom of the painting, has a leopard or cheetah on the back of his horse with a leash and muzzle. I thought it would be more likely to be a snow leopard but it does look like a cheetah in the painting.

Liu Guandao, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons