Nine Chinese Imari porcelain dishes, 18th century, large pair 24cm diameter, another pair 23cm, single dish 22.5cm, four small dishes 16.5 diameter. Provenance: Michael Trethewey. A Gentleman of Taste. We are delighted to be selling in this sale and over forthcoming sales, items from the estate of the collector Michael Trethewey. Michael had an unerring eye for quality. He was a frequent visitor to these auction rooms, an elegantly dressed, unassuming man who bought well and had a singular passion for old school antiques. We are honoured to be handling his estate and as well as the items in this Asian sale we will be selling further pieces from his extensive collection in our September 2nd Antique Sale and across our range of upcoming specialist sales. Condition report: The pair of larger dishes each have hairlines in the border. One of the pair of 23cm dishes has a 7cm hairline. The single dish has nibbles on the rim. Two of the four small dishes have hairlines.