diff --git a/docker/models/containers.py b/docker/models/containers.py
index d4ed1aa3..1e06ed60 100644
--- a/docker/models/containers.py
+++ b/docker/models/containers.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 
 from ..api import APIClient
 from ..constants import DEFAULT_DATA_CHUNK_SIZE
-from ..errors import (ContainerError, ImageNotFound,
-                      create_unexpected_kwargs_error)
+from ..errors import (
+    ContainerError, DockerException, ImageNotFound,
+    create_unexpected_kwargs_error
+)
 from ..types import HostConfig
 from ..utils import version_gte
 from .images import Image
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ class Container(Model):
         """
         The image of the container.
         """
-        image_id = self.attrs['Image']
+        image_id = self.attrs.get('ImageID', self.attrs['Image'])
         if image_id is None:
             return None
         return self.client.images.get(image_id.split(':')[1])
@@ -37,15 +39,23 @@ class Container(Model):
         """
         The labels of a container as dictionary.
         """
-        result = self.attrs['Config'].get('Labels')
-        return result or {}
+        try:
+            result = self.attrs['Config'].get('Labels')
+            return result or {}
+        except KeyError:
+            raise DockerException(
+                'Label data is not available for sparse objects. Call reload()'
+                ' to retrieve all information'
+            )
 
     @property
     def status(self):
         """
         The status of the container. For example, ``running``, or ``exited``.
         """
-        return self.attrs['State']['Status']
+        if isinstance(self.attrs['State'], dict):
+            return self.attrs['State']['Status']
+        return self.attrs['State']
 
     def attach(self, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -863,14 +873,16 @@ class ContainerCollection(Collection):
                     container. Give the container name or id.
                 - `since` (str): Only containers created after a particular
                     container. Give container name or id.
-            sparse (bool): Do not inspect containers. Returns partial
-                informations, but guaranteed not to block. Use reload() on
-                each container to get the full list of attributes.
 
                 A comprehensive list can be found in the documentation for
                 `docker ps
                 <https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/ps>`_.
 
+            sparse (bool): Do not inspect containers. Returns partial
+                information, but guaranteed not to block. Use
+                :py:meth:`Container.reload` on resulting objects to retrieve
+                all attributes. Default: ``False``
+
         Returns:
             (list of :py:class:`Container`)
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/models_containers_test.py b/tests/integration/models_containers_test.py
index fac4de2b..38aae4d2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/models_containers_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/models_containers_test.py
@@ -159,6 +159,28 @@ class ContainerCollectionTest(BaseIntegrationTest):
 
         container = containers[0]
         assert container.attrs['Config']['Image'] == 'alpine'
+        assert container.status == 'running'
+        assert container.image == client.images.get('alpine')
+
+        container.kill()
+        container.remove()
+        assert container_id not in [c.id for c in client.containers.list()]
+
+    def test_list_sparse(self):
+        client = docker.from_env(version=TEST_API_VERSION)
+        container_id = client.containers.run(
+            "alpine", "sleep 300", detach=True).id
+        self.tmp_containers.append(container_id)
+        containers = [c for c in client.containers.list(sparse=True) if c.id ==
+                      container_id]
+        assert len(containers) == 1
+
+        container = containers[0]
+        assert container.attrs['Image'] == 'alpine'
+        assert container.status == 'running'
+        assert container.image == client.images.get('alpine')
+        with pytest.raises(docker.errors.DockerException):
+            container.labels
 
         container.kill()
         container.remove()