加拿大皇家安大略博物馆(下文简称ROM)收藏有逾三万五千件中国文物,其中绘画作品仅数百件,且缺乏早期作品(宋元)及名家真迹。这与ROM早期收购中国文物的渠道有关。ROM大部分绘画藏品是二十世纪二十年代通过英国皮货兼古董商人乔治·克劳佛斯直接从中国购得。作为一线批发商,克劳佛斯常能以较低的价位为ROM买入大批通俗类画作。尽管ROM馆藏的被传统精英 The Royal Ontario Museum of Canada (hereinafter referred to as ROM) has more than 35,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts, of which there are only a few hundred paintings and no early works (Song and Yuan Dynasties) and famous works. This is related to the early acquisition of Chinese cultural relics channel ROM. ROM Most of the painting collections were purchased directly from China by George Crawford, a British leather goods and antique merchant, in the 1920s. As a first-line wholesaler, Crowfors can buy large quantities of popular paintings for ROM at a lower price. Despite the traditional elite ROM collection