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。

The first (to the right of catalogue image) with several areas of restoration and overpainting to flowers and leaves of cover, some chipping and losses to the extremities of petals and leaves, with associated retouching to gilt lined rim of cover. The bough-pot with some chipping and losses to applied flowers and leaves overall, one rear foot restored and regilt and the other feet with some overpainting to the underside. Some typical glaze crazing, short firing crack to upper rim, some rubbing to gilding.

Example to the left of the catalogue image:
The cover has been sprayed to the entire underside and this is flaking, the rim shows signs of extensive restoration and regilding, and as before there is scattered restoration, overpainting and chipping to several of the flowers and leaves. Minor hairline crack to flange of bough pot, short hairline crack to rim at front, small rim chip beneath gilding which occurred at time of manufacture, restoration to applied flowers at handles, restoration to two feet (which are also regilt) and the other feet with some overpainting to undersides, some chipping and small areas of restoration to the applied flowers to the central cartouche. As before, there is some typical glaze crazing and slight wear to gilding.