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.
Cover:
- One loop ring has an ancient/possibly original repair
- There is blue-green encrustation to the interior

Vessel:
- Based on examination by X-ray, there are restorations to the lower body, both handles and all three legs; one leg has a pin on its interior
- There are some chips and dents to edges and extremities, and bottom of two feet
- There are some fine surface cracks to the bottom of the interior, and the vessel has areas of malachite encrustation