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I like many of the tree's qualities. It has excellent movement in the trunk and the growth appears to be healthy and well balanced.

The pot choice is probably bad, at least according to traditional standards. Cobalt blue = mallsai. I have a real hard time putting anything in a blue pot anymore, even if it is the appropriate color choice! Anyhow, unglazed is the way to go; color aside, the pot seems too small and deep for the style. The tree seems unbalanced- like it's going to fall over to the right. Perhaps something longer and shallower, angled sides...

Now for the tree... it seems like an excellent piece of material but needs refinement. It is hard to tell because the picture is small and the dimensionality is lost, but the branches seem to be emerging cock's comb fashion. Maybe "broomstyle" is more accurate. If this were my tree, I'd do some critical branch selection followed by detailed wiring, pulling branches down to give them the feeling of weight.

I'd probably lean toward a literati style given the trunk movement and height. This would in turn drive my final pot decision.

This tree would be fun to play with using virtual design!

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Jim Stone
Seki Bonsai Studio
sekibonsai.com
Santa Fe, TX