Hibou (A.R. 224)

拍品的狀況可能存在極大差異，而由於其性質使然，拍品難以處於完美無瑕的狀態。拍品均以拍賣時的狀況出售。

No chips or cracks detected. Some surface dirt, scuffs and handling marks in places. A tiny pin-point loss to the black engobe on the right wing and one or two tiny pin-point losses elsewhere. The inside of the base with some fine firing cracks along the joint, most probably from the time of execution; these appear to be entirely stable. Upon very close inspection, strokes of possible cosmetic retouching in the black engobe in places around the base. Examined under ultra-violet light, there is evidence of cosmetic retouching along the tip of the tail and soft fluoresence around the back of the base, possibly due to old retouching.