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Since there is no documentation, it is impossible to know exactly where the So-Called Crusader’s Bowl was made, but it is possible it was made in Cairo. The Crusader’s Bowl likely came from an area where there was a large Christian population who were the patrons of objects like these. Objects with Christian themes around this period commonly came from Syria and Egypt due to the large Christian communities there. In Egypt, Cairo had a substantial Christian population. Multiple objects produced in the twelfth century have inscriptions stating they were made in Cairo. This bowl most likely came from Cairo around a century earlier than these other known objects. The Christian presence in Cairo would have been the patrons for these kinds of objects based on the Christian and pseudo-Arabic themes decorating the bowl. It is also likely to have come from Cairo due to its similarity to other objects made in Fatimid Egypt.
1media/Screen Shot 2021-12-01 at 11.30.16 AM_thumb.png2021-12-01T08:33:19-08:00Similar Fatimid Object to So-Called Crusader's Bowl2Bilotto, G. “Fatimid Metalwork.” American University in Cairo, https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/333724012.pdf.media/Screen Shot 2021-12-01 at 11.30.16 AM.pngplain2021-12-01T08:38:13-08:00