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.
One figure:
-There are losses to the pigment on the beak, crown, and claws.
-There are a few minor firing cracks to the wings and the tail.
-There is a short vertical crack to the base, with an associated hairline crack.
-There a few short cracks to the interior of the base.
-There are some chips to the base.

The other figure:
-There are losses to the pigment on the beak, crown, and claws.
-There is expected wear to the enamels.
-There is a circular hairline crack to the top part of the base.
-There is a hairline crack to the end of the tail with an associated loss to the enamels.
-There are a few short cracks extending from the base.
-There are a few cracks to the interior, and a few chips to the base.