拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

We have sought to record changes in the condition of this piece acquired after its initial manufacture.
First:
-Four hairlines

Second:
-multiple repaired chips around the rim
-pinprick holes to the glaze
-three hairlines on the interior
-abrasion to the enamels
-firing flaws on the rim

Third:
-pinprick holes and glaze gaps
-abrasion to the enamels
-chip to the rim
-chips to the foot
-glaze gaps on the foot

Fourth:
-pinprick holes to the glaze
-a few iron spots
-areas of abrasion on the surface
-chip and small flecks to the foot rim

Fifth:
-chips to the mouth rim
-pinprick holes to the glaze
-areas of surface abrasion
-a few glaze gaps