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The agate material and sunflower shaped incense box with top and bottom covers are ingeniously crafted by ancient craftsmen, with exquisite polishing and a high level of craftsmanship. The top is carved with three layers of sunflower petals, and the overall fit is excellent. The bottom is inscribed with "Made in the Year of Yongzheng". In ancient times, literati valued elegance and interest. When playing the qin and playing the zheng, reading and writing, and playing tea and chess, they would burn a furnace of fragrant incense, adding an elegant atmosphere. The incense box is mainly used to store natural fragrant wood containers. Without proper storage, the fragrance can easily dissipate, and the purpose of the incense box has emerged. This piece requires high decoration requirements, and from the bottom inscription, it can be inferred that it was a rare piece of art used in the palace at that time.