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 after its initial manufacture.
All the dishes:
- There is wear to the enamels consistent with age.

The Three Friends of Winter dish:
- There is an area of gilt lacquer repair to the rim (approx. 4.5 cm. wide) with an associated hairline extending down the cavetto.
- There is a paper label to the base reading 'No. 26'.

The cockerel dish:
- It has been broken into several pieces and restored.
- There are two chips to the rim which have been touched up with a clear substance (approx. 1 cm.).

The bird and flower dish:
- There is an L-shaped crack to the rim (approx. 14 cm. long).
- There is a fine hairline to approx. 1/4 of the lower body associated with a firing flaw.
- There are frits and chips to the rim consistent with age.
- There is a paper label to the base reading "No. B-13 Made in Japan".