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{
    "localId": "27666",
    "label": "Dancer",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1736"
}

{
    "id": "27666",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1736",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dancer",
    "description": "This dancer is one of 15 figures that the sculptor Agathon Léonard modeled for a \"surtout de table,\" or table centerpiece, that the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory first presented at the Exposition Universelle, a world's fair, held in Paris in 1900. Titled Le jeu de l’écharpe (The Scarf Dance), the centerpiece featured figures dressed in light fabrics in a style that was intended to recall Greek attire of the 3rd century B.C., but was also inspired by contemporary dance, notably that of Loïe Fuller (1862–1928), an American dancer who gained fame in Europe by using billowing dresses to enhance her performances.",
    "provenance": "Manufacture National de Sèvres, Sèvres, France; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, between November 1, 1900 and March 31, 1901; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "1900",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1736",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.1736_3Qtr_BW_T86.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.1736_3Qtr_BW_T86.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.1736_3Qtr_BW_T86.jpg",
    "imageCount": 11,
    "pageCount": 10,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 45.7,
            "height": 24,
            "depth": 19
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 18 × W: 9 7/16 × D: 7 1/2 in. (45.7 × 24 × 19 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Factory mark] inscribed on base: No. 7  O H.",
    "med": "porcelain",
    "creator_ids": [
        "8194",
        "1916"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "316",
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.1736_VwA_DD_T14.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3f5670e1ad11c8bc"
}