Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon

Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon (人物御龍帛畫) is a Chinese painting on silk from the Warring States period (475-221 BC).

The silk cloth is dark brown in colour with a flat-line pattern.

[1] A man with a sword is riding a dragon by holding the rein.

The umbrella in the top middle of the picture shows the owner's nobility.

The work has become associated with the Chu poet Qu Yuan’s famous verse from his poem Shejiang (涉江, Setting foot in the river), ‘Carrying a long sword with weird colour; Wearing a qieyun–styled high cap.” (帶長鋏之陸離兮, 冠切雲之崔嵬) This painting-related article is a stub.