明末清初江南艺术市场与艺术交易人

The Jiangnan Art Market and Art Dealers in the Late-Ming and Early Qing Period

明末清初,江南地区商业经济的繁荣,催生出艺术市场的繁荣,徽商收藏家和书画交易人的活动空前活跃。一时间,苏州、嘉兴、杭州等地成为江南地区艺术品集散的重要地区。尤其徽州地区,由于经济实力的增长,至明末及清初形成了较为成熟的艺术市场。艺术市场的繁盛,自然催生出了一批徽商收藏家,也由此诞生了一批书画交易人。江南地区的有些书画交易人同时也是北方鉴藏家的眼目,这样也使得南北艺术品交流逐渐频繁起来。

In the late-Ming and early-Qing period, commerce flourished in the Jiangnan region, giving rise to a flourishing art market. Anhui merchant collectors and dealers in calligraphic works and paintings prospered as never before. For a time, Suzhou, Jiaxing and Hangzhou became the main centres in the art market in the Jiangnan region. The growth of economic forces in the Huizhou area in particular ensured that a mature art market developed in this period. The prosperity of the art market naturally gave rise to a group of Anhui merchant collectors and this in turn created a group of art dealers and middlemen. Some art dealers in the Jiangnan region also acted on behalf of northern connoisseurs and collectors, and this led to the gradual flourishing of an art market embracing northern and southern China.