What makes a Tibetan gift box a gift within a gift?
A gift does not begin with the opening. It begins with the first glance. With the moment you hold a package in your hands and sense that someone has given it thought. Not only to the contents, but to the form, the covering, the setting. A Tibetan gift box is itself a gift, before it is ever opened.
Tibetan gift boxes are made from wood and silk brocade, often in combination. The wooden body gives the box stability and a natural warmth. The silk brocade on the outside brings colour, sheen and the distinctive elegance of a fabric used in Tibetan culture for centuries for special occasions and sacred objects. The patterns follow traditional models, dragons, lotus flowers, cloud patterns and Tibetan auspicious signs, in bright colours that stand for joy and abundance.
Inside, Tibetan gift boxes are often lined with silk or a soft fabric that protects the piece within and at the same time makes opening the box a particular moment. A singing bowl, a mala, a dorje or a piece of jewellery, presented in a Tibetan gift box, is given a dignity and beauty that ordinary wrapping paper cannot reach.
Tibetan gift boxes suit any occasion. Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, Christmas, or simply a sign of affection with no particular occasion. They are a gift for people who value quality, respect craft and understand beauty as an expression of warmth.
The box itself often stays in use long after the gift. As storage for jewellery, malas or small ritual objects. As a decorative element on a shelf or the altar. A Tibetan gift box is a piece for life.
At tibet-markets.ch we carry Tibetan gift boxes in various sizes and brocade fabrics, all handmade and carefully chosen for the quality of the materials and the precision of the work.
