While the painting depicts a Han theme, the brands on the horses and the hairstyles and dress of the figures on the left belong not to the Hsiung-nu of the first century B.C., but rather to the Ch'i-tan people who lived on the northern border during the Sung dynasty. (Jill Ardourel)
馬後侍立二人，髡（音昆，剔也）髮露頂，鬢垂二綹於耳側；身著圓領長袍，長統皮靴，是契丹人的模樣，也是宋人「番」畫中的人物典型。