Lot 657

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Description:

unsigned

    Provenance:
  • From the Collection of the late Habib Sabet, and thence by familial descent to the current owner.
    Purchased Sotheby Parke Bernet, Monaco, Orfevrerie, Objets D'Art, et Bel Ameublement, June 23rd, 1976, lot 258.
    Habib Sabet was a highly prominent 20th century Iranian businessman, who achieved great corporate success in countless commercial and industrial ventures in banking, construction, pharmaceuticals, energy and television. Habib Sabet was a noted philanthropist and collector of art and antiques. In a chapter concerning Habib Sabet in Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979, the author makes note that for Mr. Sabet, "…one indulgence was collecting antiques," and that, "…he spent his last years travelling, and tending to his vast collection of antiques and works of art." Some of the Sabet treasures have now made their way into the great museums of the world, such as the Louvre and the Getty Museum. Mention of French furniture belonging to Habib Sabet, now in the Getty Museum, can be found in Hess, Catharine and Gillian Wilson.A Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty. Los Angeles, California: The J. Paul Getty Museum, pgs 29 & 42.
  • Dimensions:
  • height: 16 15/16th in. (43 cm)
  • Artist Name:
  • After Giovanni da Bologna, called Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608) 17th century Italian School
  • Literature:
  • Regarding the collector: Milani, Abbas. Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. New York: Syracuse University Press and Persian World Press, Volume 2, pg. 682-683.
  • Medium:
  • bronze
  • Notes:
  • This bronze turkey is based on the original by Giambologna, which was commissioned by Cosimo de Medici in 1567 for his grotto at the Villa Castello. It is one of the earliest representations of the turkey in European art, and is now housed at the Bargello Palace, in Florence. The following publications are just a sample of many within which the original bronze turkey by Giambologna is mentioned.
    Eiche, Sabine. "The Turkey Dazzles Renaissance Florentines," in The Florentine, vol 1. 20 Nov 2005, p. 20.
    Eiche, Sabine. Presenting the Turkey: The Fabulous Story of a Flamboyant and Flavourful Bird. Florence: Centro Di della Edifimi srl, 2004., pg. 17.
    Rosenberg & Stiebel. A Bronze Bestiary. New York, 1985. pg. 70-71.
    Avery. Charles. Giambologna: The Complete Sculpture. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1993. pg. 147-155.

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