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.
Censer:
- a hairline crack to the bottom edge extending to the lower part of the body and to the base
- a few short firing cracks to the interior
- a few kiln grit adhesion and other burst glaze bubbles to mouth rim
- there is a large shallow chip to the center on the base
- a TL test drilled hole on the base
- a small loss to the bottom of one foot
- chips, glaze flakes and burst glaze bubbles to edges and extremities
- some earth encrustation to the surface

Cover:
- a star crack and a few other short cracks visible from the interior
- chips to edges, extremities and the interior