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1media/18211727.jpgmedia/18211727.jpg2021-11-03T13:51:45-07:00Gracyn Benckbc96d0084fda5f5541b29614428cb28aef296a8d3944717plain2023-01-14T12:14:50-08:00Amanda Luyster17d39c1ecea88fb7ff282fe74a410b89478b8327By Gracyn Benck '23 Where the object went is unclear. It was likely created in Egypt, possibly in Cairo, and could have easily traveled far from its place of origin. Objects like this bowl and other metal vessels were durable and portable. It could have been brought home by a Crusader as a souvenir. On the other hand, it could have been kept in a Christian (either Crusader or local Christian) community in the eastern Mediterranean. In Syria and Egypt, there were large local Christian populations.
Currently, this bowl is part of the collections of the Harvard Art Museum. It was a gift to the Arthur M. Sackler Museum from the Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian in 1975.