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 the changes in the condition of this piece acquired after its initial manufacture.
Tallest:
Cover:
- the tail of the mythical beast on the cover is chipped off
- a small shallow chip, a few nicks and tiny bruises to the mouth rim
- a few fine fissures to the flange
Vase:
- minor polishing to the mouth rim on one narrow end, and a few nicks and tiny bruises to the mouth rim
-a chip to one ear of the animal mask handle and a small chip to one ear of the other animal mask handle’s ear
- a small natural flaw and a few minute nicks to the foot rim
Widest:
Cover:- a fine and short fissure or possibly crack to one upright of the finial
- two small shallow chips and a few nicks to the mouth rim
vase: a tiny shallow chip and a few nicks to the mouth rim
- a few other nicks to the edges and extremities
- two tiny gauge marks or flaws to the body near one handle
Smallest:
cover: - a few tiny bruises to the mouth rims
- the ring chain handle which would have been connected with the vase is loose
vase: - a polished flaw to the mouth rim
Double peach:
- two small shallow chips and a minor flaw to the edge of one leaf
- some natural fissures and mottling inherent in the material