Unidentified artist
Manioc Flour Bowl (Farinheira)mid-18th century

Not on view

Large gilded metal bowl with hemispherical form, densely covered in repoussé decoration including shell motifs, scrolling acanthus, rosettes, and vertical ribbing

Artist or Maker: Unidentified artist
Title: Manioc Flour Bowl (Farinheira)
Place Made: Brazil, possibly Bahía
Date Made: mid-18th century
Medium: Hammered, repoussé, engraved, chased, and stamped gold
Dimensions: Height: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); diameter: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Credit Line: Promised Gift of The Marjorie W. Gilbert 2001 Trust
Accession Number: PG.2011.8.3
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: This type of bowl, known as a farinheira, was designed to hold manioc flour (farinha de mendioca), which was consumed by all social sectors. Gold farinheiras began to be produced in the eighteenth century, after the discovery of several gold mines in Brazil. The works exemplify the fascination with the precious metal since the time of El Dorado—the mythical land of gold that the conquistadors imagined they had encountered.

From exhibition Archive of the World, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entry by Cristina Esteras Martín in the accompanying publication, cat. no. 88, pp. 335–37)
Provenance: Private collection, São Paulo; Christie’s, New York, November 17, 1994, lot 70 (bought in); art market, London; Christie’s, New York, April 20, 2001, lot 211; Sir Arthur Gilbert (through S. J. Phillips, London), Los Angeles, 2001; Marjorie W. Gilbert 2001 Trust, Los Angeles, June 7, 2001; promised gift to LACMA, July 21, 2011.
Selected Bibliography: Katzew, Ilona, ed. Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.
Selected Exhibition History: Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 12, 2022 - October 30, 2022
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 12, 2022 - October 30, 2022
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. October 20, 2023 - January 28, 2024
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. October 20, 2023 - January 28, 2024
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 22, 2024 - September 08, 2024
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 22, 2024 - September 08, 2024

Unidentified artist
Manioc Flour Bowl (Farinheira)mid-18th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unidentified artist
Title: Manioc Flour Bowl (Farinheira)
Place Made: Brazil, possibly Bahía
Date Made: mid-18th century
Medium: Hammered, repoussé, engraved, chased, and stamped gold
Dimensions: Height: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); diameter: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Credit Line: Promised Gift of The Marjorie W. Gilbert 2001 Trust
Accession Number: PG.2011.8.3
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: This type of bowl, known as a farinheira, was designed to hold manioc flour (farinha de mendioca), which was consumed by all social sectors. Gold farinheiras began to be produced in the eighteenth century, after the discovery of several gold mines in Brazil. The works exemplify the fascination with the precious metal since the time of El Dorado—the mythical land of gold that the conquistadors imagined they had encountered.

From exhibition Archive of the World, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entry by Cristina Esteras Martín in the accompanying publication, cat. no. 88, pp. 335–37)
Provenance: Private collection, São Paulo; Christie’s, New York, November 17, 1994, lot 70 (bought in); art market, London; Christie’s, New York, April 20, 2001, lot 211; Sir Arthur Gilbert (through S. J. Phillips, London), Los Angeles, 2001; Marjorie W. Gilbert 2001 Trust, Los Angeles, June 7, 2001; promised gift to LACMA, July 21, 2011.
Selected Bibliography: Katzew, Ilona, ed. Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.
Selected Exhibition History: Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 12, 2022 - October 30, 2022
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 12, 2022 - October 30, 2022
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. October 20, 2023 - January 28, 2024
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. October 20, 2023 - January 28, 2024
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 22, 2024 - September 08, 2024
Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 22, 2024 - September 08, 2024

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