RARE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COMPLETE TAWARET STATUE - 1150BC GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WITH COA - RARE PIECES AVAILAVLE Start Price USD 900.00 Current Price USD 900.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 27, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Location New York See more about 'RARE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COMPLETE TAWARET STATUE - 1150BC' Description Welcome to OCCULT ANTIQUESWe are antiques collectors, traders, and resellers . This is a family business since the 1950's. We have a large selection of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Islamic antiques purchased in single pieces and sometimes in whole collections at discounted prices. We also buy antiques collections at discounted prices, please feel free to email us if you have authentic pieces you wish to sell or trade. We also sometimes sell important complete pieces at auction houses . But ebay is a good trading enviroment for smaller incomplete pieces. Here you'll get more for your money as a collector, investor, or trader.  _______________________________________All items we are currently auctioning will come with a certificate of authenticity Please email us if you have any questions and we will respond promptly_______________________________________You will only pay shipping for one item, any more than one item will be shipped free of chargeDESCRIPTION :Item Inventory Number : B0213Subject Auctioned : Complete statue of Tawaret  with Glypic inscriptions on base . Absolutely gorgiousBrief Background : Tawaret ; " The Great One " was a goddess who protected women during pregnancy and child birth. Was warshipped by people in their own homes, and no temples were built for her. Head of a hippopotamus with the arms and legs of a lion, the back and tail of a crocodile, and the breasts and stomach of a pregnant woman Provenance : From a private collection that was exported from Egypt in the fifties of the past century Age / Date ( aprox.) : New Kingdom , 20th Dynasty : 1186-1069 BCECondition : Complete piece , no restorations , minor chippng . We grade conditon of this piece to be 9/10Dimentions (Aprox.) : 15.3 x 5.7 x 5.7 cmMaterial : GraniteEstimated Market Value (Aprox.) : $ 7500This item comes with a COA + a 2-week money back guarantee for any reason_____________________________Please Note : All pieces are professionally restored and mounted to a wooden base for display if applicableMost pieces from that era are incomplete pieces or have some kind or restoration done after the excavationAge is approximate, we can't specify the exact age, however ; from the style, material, and subject we can specify with certainity the period in history and the aproximate age Estimated Market Value is a broad figure. It tells you that this is the average value of the piece based on current prices and analysis in an active market. It's particularely usful if you want to insure the piece against loss or damage. Law starting price does not indicate the real value of this piecePlease leave us positive feedback upon satisfaction and we will reciprocate__________________________________Payment, Shipping, and Returns :Please pay using Paypal in 2 days following the end of auction . Please have a Paypal CONFIRMED ADDRESS for that purpose. Please contact me prior to bidding if you don't have a confirmed addressAll items sold will be fully insured for shipping purposes . We will ship USPS-Priority Mail to the US and Worldwide  Shopping cost covers handeling fees and insranceWe will ship free any item purchased after the first itemWe will accept returns upon misrepresentationInternational Bidders :We will accomodate any requirements for smooth shipping____________________________________Brief Background :There are always ongoing excavations in Egypt. Many of the great monuments of the past remain burried in the Egyptian sand waiting to be discovered . All of the large excavations are authorized by the Egyptian government . So many excavations are also done illegal in the darkness of the night by villagers and locals particularly in the Qurna area by the west bank of the Nile in Luxor. Recently the Egyptian government moved the villagers from this area to another after compensating them to stop the illegal excavations, as there is a whole ancient city beneath. Until the early seventies, it was legal to own and export antiques from Egypt . In the early seventies the Egyptian government made it illegal to export antiques. Until that time, millions of pieces made their way to Europe and the USA. Now international laws and trities make it illegal to export antiques and antiquities from its motherland unless authorized by the government. In the western world; possession equals to ownership as long as the item is not stolen or claimed by a person or body.   Place a Bid!