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Michael Kalus posted a photo:
This piece had been given to the Emperor of Japan b y Wang Jingwei as a gift duriung the Sino-Japanese War and was returned after the end of the war.
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The nephrite inlays on the screen were once mistaken for and erroneously named as "Freicui Screen". It as soon been corrected after verficiation.
Contgrarily, the jadeite was in the cabinet 10 used to be mistaken for nephrite and accordingly named "Green Nephrite Vase".
Recent analysis by Raman spectroscopy confirmed that it is actually of jadeite.
Rernamed to Feicui (kingfisher feathers) because of it's partially brownish-red tint.
