William the Hippo

A 3D scan of the beloved William the Hippo from a recent trip to [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544227). ca. 1961–1878 B.C. "This statuette of a hippopotamus (popularly called "William") was molded in faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Beneath the blue glaze, the body was painted with lotuses. These river plants depict the marshes in which the animal lived, but at the same time their flowers also symbolize regeneration and rebirth as they close every night and open again in the morning...The hippo's modern nickname first appeared in 1931 in a story that was published in the British humor magazine Punch. It reports about a family that consults a color print of the Met's hippo—which it calls "William"—as an oracle. The Met republished the story the same year in the Museum's Bulletin, and the name William caught on!" Created using 560 images taken through glass with an Canon 5D Mark IV and processed in RealityCapture. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab本次三维扫描的对象为深受喜爱的河马威廉，其数据采集于近期造访大都会艺术博物馆（The Metropolitan Museum of Art）之际，该藏品的详细信息可查询网址：https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544227。 年代约为公元前1961年—公元前1878年。 “这件河马小雕像（俗称“威廉”）以釉砂（faience）塑造而成，该材质为研磨石英制成的陶瓷材料。蓝色釉层之下，器身绘有莲花纹饰。这些水生植物既描绘了河马栖息的沼泽环境，同时其花朵亦象征着重生与轮回——因莲花每夜闭合、次日清晨再度绽放。这头河马的现代昵称最早出现于1931年英国幽默杂志《笨拙》（Punch）刊载的一则故事中：故事讲述一户人家将大都会艺术博物馆所藏的该河马彩色版画视作神谕，并将其称为“威廉”。同年，大都会艺术博物馆亦在其馆刊《Bulletin》中转载了这则故事，“威廉”一名就此广为流传。” 本次扫描采用透过展柜玻璃拍摄的560张影像完成，拍摄设备为佳能5D Mark IV（Canon 5D Mark IV），后期处理通过RealityCapture软件实现。 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab