Word: sassanian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...comparable, in their fields, to the Met's tiny sphinx of Amenhotep III, modeled in a faïence of such dazzling blue that even in a glass case it seems to vibrate in front of one's eyes; or the massive silver head, possibly of the Sassanian King Shapur II; or the exquisitely elaborated 17th century flintlock gun made by Pierre le Bourgeoys for Louis XIII; or even such small items as a 3rd century B.C. bronze of a Greek dancer, whirling on her axis like a Hellenistic Martha Graham...
...never knows where his next piece will come from--he says he can find anything a customer wants. He sells everything from a wooden Upper Volta Bobo ladel for $240 to an 18th century Americana rocking horse for $450. In typical disorder, one case holds both a small Archaic Sassanian plate for $750 and an 18th century enamel pill...