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Like you said... typical! The Kohaku pattern is sadly lacking, but the Sumi pattern to some degree saves it.
No, the previous Showa is still very much alive. It was the Sandan Kohaku (Sakurahime child) that died. Got minor damage which went un-noticed, and led to dropsy.
The next Showa. I would not have taken the chance on this Koi, but the one scale of Sumi on the shoulder was it's saving grace. It looks like a grey scale, but it is actually decent sumi shining up through the white scale in front, and at the same time working it's way out to where it is exposed.
One other point of interest here... The Sumi on the Hi plate is very unfinished. My feeling here, is that if the Sumi on the Hi plate looked finished and solid, and the Sumi on the white ground looked as it does in the pic, then the Sumi on the white ground would be less likely to come up and make decent Sumi.
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