A GREY RACEHORSE AND JOCKEY

ATTRIBUTABLE TO SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AMIR OF KARRAYA OR HIS STUDIO, CALCUTTA, INDIA, CIRCA 1840

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A GREY RACEHORSE AND JOCKEY
ATTRIBUTABLE TO SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AMIR OF KARRAYA OR HIS STUDIO, CALCUTTA, INDIA, CIRCA 1840
Watercolour on paper, the grey horse standing on a racetrack and mounted by a jockey wearing a white and burgundy jersey and holding the reins, a plain cartouche along the bottom edge, within black and yellow borders, a pencil identification in Persian in the lower right corner reading "G.. Gilmour (?) Sahib", mounted, framed and glazed, in good condition
5 7/8 x 8½in. (15 x 21.6cm)

Lot Essay

For published works by Shaykh Muhammad Amir see John Guy and Deborah Swallow, Arts of India, 1550-1900, London, 1990, p.198, no. 173 and Stuart Cary Welch, Room for Wonder, Indian Painting during the British Period 1760-1880, New York, 1978, pp.67-72, nos.20-24). Similar works have sold at Christie's London, 5 October 2010, lot 386, lot 387 (sold after sale); 24 September 2003, lot 140 and 5 October 1999, lot 114.
For another work by Sheikh Muhammad Amir in the sale, and a note on other comparables, please see lot 317, lot 318 and lot 320.

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