宋代是中国绘画艺术的高度繁荣时期。宫廷绘画、士大夫绘画、民间绘画各自形成体系,同时又相互影响、吸收、渗透,使宋代绘画呈现出异彩纷呈的局面。宋代商业的发展也大大超越了前代,大小城镇兴旺发达,纸币出现并被广泛使用,海外贸易空前盛况,在中国历史上十分引人注目。基于这种社会状况,宋代的艺术市场空前发展起来。书画进入市场虽在魏晋间已见诸于史书, Song Dynasty is a highly prosperous period of Chinese painting art. Court paintings, scholar-official paintings and folk paintings form their own systems. At the same time, they also influence, absorb and infiltrate each other, giving the Song Dynasty’s paintings a colorful scene. The commercial development in the Song Dynasty also surpassed that of the previous generation. The prosperity of large and small towns, the appearance and widespread use of paper currency, and the unprecedented grand occasion of overseas trade have attracted much attention in Chinese history. Based on this social situation, the Song Dynasty art market developed unprecedentedly. Although the calligraphy and painting entered the market has been seen in the Wei and Jin history books,