{"id":5556,"date":"2023-03-22T11:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5556"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:53:53","slug":"bronze-by-franz-bergman-1861-1936-the-exotic-dancer","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/?product=bronze-by-franz-bergman-1861-1936-the-exotic-dancer","title":{"rendered":"Bronze by Franz Bergman (1861-1936)  The Exotic Dancer"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good late 19th century cold painted and gilt bronze in the form of a female exotic dancer. Beautifully sculpted, Bergman has demonstrated a sense of rhythmic and sensual movement exaggerated by her swirling skirt which she holds up at each side.<\/p>\n<p>The skirt has hinges each side which lift up to reveal her naked body.<\/p>\n<p>She is mounted on a rouge marble base which is draped with a realistically modelled oriental carpet. Parts of the carpet, her costume, jewellery and head-dress are highlighted in red and green enamel. Signed verso &#8220;Nam Greb&#8221; together with the impressed letter B within an urn shaped cartouche for Franz Bergman Foundry.<\/p>\n<p>Franz Xavier Bergman signed several of his erotic works with the pseudonym &#8216;Nam Greb&#8217; (Bergman in reverse), &#8216;N. Greb&#8217; or sometimes merely with the letter B inside an urn shaped cartouche which is thought to be an attempt to appear anonymous so as to avoid possible civil condemnation or penalties for lewdness or immorality.<\/p>\n<p>A really fabulous piece and In very good condition commensurate with age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15,46,102,97],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5556","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all","product_cat-bronzes-and-metalware","product_cat-sold","product_cat-statuary-and-carvings","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","wcspt-has-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/5556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=5556"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=5556"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=5556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}