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.
There are some nicks to the edges, rims and extremities, some oh which possibly polished.
There are a small chip to the vase's mouth rim, a flat chip under a relief flower's petal and to a pine tree's leaves.
A relief bamboo leaf has been chipped off and polished.
The is a bruise to the foot rim.
There are a few fissures / flaw lines to the lower section of the vase, one associated with bruises / losses.
The ends of a few relief branches have possibly been chipped off and polished.
There are a few small chips to the relief decoration on the cover.
There are some natural cloudy and russet inclusions within the stone.
General age-related surface wear as can be expected.