Where did this go?
Where the object went is unclear. It was likely created in Egypt, possibly in Cairo, and could have easily traveled a far distance 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, or it could have been kept in a Christian (either Crusader or local Christian) community in the eastern Mediterranean. In Syria and Egypt, for example, there were large Christian settlements. This means objects like the Crusader’s Bowl may not have traveled a far distance from their places of origin.
Currently, this bowl is at Harvard's Art Museum. It was a gift to the Arthur M. Sackler Museum from the Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian in 1975.