Iizuka Rōkansai (1890-1958), Paired Dragons, Bamboo Handled Flower Basket, ca 1930, Japan, 10¼ x 12¼ x 11¾ in. (26 x 31 x 30 cm)

MAZE / Design Basel
Soft Opening: Sunday, June 15, 7pm (by invitation only)
Vernissage Preview: Monday, June 16, 10am-8pm (by invitation only)
June 16 –17, 2025
Elisabeth Church (Offene Kirche Elisabethen), Elisabethenstrasse 14, Basel, Switzerland

Thomsen Gallery is delighted to announce their participation in the first edition of MAZE/Design Basel. A select group of galleries specialized in decorative art and design has worked together with MAZE Art Salons to create the new Design Basel at the Offene Kirche Elisabethen.

Their exhibition will focus on Japanese bamboo baskets by the great masters of the 20th century while also featuring Japanese gold lacquer boxes, contemporary ceramics, and Japanese folding screens and scroll paintings.

If you’re in Switzerland during Art Basel week, be sure to visit them in the Elisabethenkirche, opposite the Kunsthalle Basel. They look forward to seeing you soon!

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Suzuki Sansei (b. 1936), Round Celadon Vase, 1990s, porcelain with celadon glaze, 12½ x 15½ in. (31.8 x 39.4 cm)

Also be sure to view Japanese Ceramics: Medieval to Contemporary at their new space at 8 East 67th Street in New York City before it closes on June 13! This special exhibition is devoted to a vital part of the Japanese aesthetic tradition—one that remains as dynamic today as it was 10,000 years ago. The works on view range from 14th-century stoneware vessels to contemporary porcelain, including pieces by two Living National Treasures.

To learn more, click here.