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 these pieces acquired after their initial manufacture.
- There are minute nicks to the rims, edges and raised decoration.
- The 'chilong' snuff bottle with a minute nick possibly polished and associated to a minute crack, with a minute C-shaped crack on the neck.
- The 'figural' snuff bottle with a small chip to the back of the head of a relief figure.
- The spoons are missing ; one stopper missing, the other two stoppers with nicks, a roundel broken and restuck, cracks and traces of glue.
The snuff bottles with general age-related surface wear and few minute bubbles as can be expected.