This bowl is thought to be a product of a Crusader, most likely a Turkish one. Turkey during this time period was also known as the region of Anatolia. Given the nature of the Byzantine empire in the thirteenth through the fourteenth centuries, Turkey was assimilated under the Seljuk Turk's inherently Islamic rule. Because the Seljuk rule was centered around Islam, this piece of art must have been inspired by Turkish art of the time, which would have been Islamic. Similarly, due to the piece’s composition, the ceramic bowl would have been constructed by a non-Arab person, for the pseudo form of Arabic is present on the bowl. There were likely many groups of Crusader Christians living in Turkey during this time who could have been sourced to creating the bowl.