Philip Kelvin Laverne Dining Table "Xiang Shi"

PHILIP (1907-1987) AND KELVIN LAVERNE (1937-2025)
Unique 'Xiang Shi' Dining Table

Magnificent finest on the market by this highly sought after father son  duo is a patinated and engraved bronze and pewter over wood with hand-painted enamels, engraved facsimile signature 'Philip + Kelvin LaVerne'
height 30in (76.5cm); width 132 1/4in (336cm); depth 47 3/8in (120.5cm)

Footnotes:
The present lot incorporates the leg structure that has parallels with a custom table commissioned by Fred and Edith Horowitz in conjunction with a Xiang-Shi top.

Provenance
Philip and Kelvin Laverne, New York
Private Collection, California (acquired from the above, 1974)

Literature
Evan Lobel with Kelvin Laverne, 'Alchemy: The Art of Philip and Kelvin Laverne', Pointed Leaf Press, 2024, p. 84, 125 (model variants illustrated)