CHINA, FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY

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 since its initial manufacture.
- the handle is missing, with associated areas of polishing to where it would have joined the neck and body
- the mouth rim and rim of spout are also polished
- an L-shaped filled firing crack with associated glaze lines to the body near one ridge, and other short firing cracks to the body and to the foot
- some expected light surface scratches and abrasion consistent with age and use
- some spur marks and a glaze gap to the underside of the base, which are original to manufacture