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:
-There is a hairline extending from the mouth rim with an associated resored chip.
-There are a few chips to the foot.
-There are firing cracks; one to where the collar joins the neck, and one to where the body joins the foot.
-""25.1031"" has been inscribed on the base.

Second:
-There are pinprick holes.
-The foot has been slightly buffed.
-There are two chips to the base with associated losses to the glaze.
-""25.1011"" has been inscribed on the base.

Third:
-There are a few firing cracks to the interior base.
-There are pinprick holes.
-There is residue of old wax to above the foot.
-""25.1010"" has been inscribed on the base.

Fourth:
-There is a minute nick to the mouth rim.
-There is an area of restoration on the mouth rim.
-There are pinprick holes to the body.
-There is abrasion to the tip of the elephants' noses.
-There is an area of restoration to one of the foot.
-""37.1132"" and ""RL445"" have been inscribed on the base.

Fifth:
-There are glaze lines.
-There is an area of glaze irregularity below the mouth.
-There is surface wear, particulary to the handles.
-There is a chip and a few nicks to the foot rim.
-There are a few pinprick holes.
-""936 k"" and ""24.315"" have been inscribed on the base.