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。

Overall this box appears to be in good condition, within only minor faults to the porcelain, although the mount has oxidisation in places and it does not quite close properly. There is a minute firing fault to the instrument of the figure on the cover. There is a very slight hairline crack from the edge of the cover at 5 o’clock. On the left-hand side of the box (on the steep curve ‘corner’ part) there are a few black firing faults just below the mount – these are very minor and date from the time of manufacture. There is some very slight wear to the gilt interior.