安思远(图1)是西方艺术界公认的最具眼光和品位的古董商、收藏家之一。2014年8月3日,在纽约辞世,享年85岁。他的离去,以及万众瞩目的“锦瑟年华—安思远私人珍藏”系列拍卖于2015年3月在纽约洛克菲勒中心落下帷幕,意味着一个时代的远去。即西方人保管中国文物的时代随着多位世界级古董商的离去,已到了该终结的时候了。 An Siyuan (Figure 1) is recognized as one of the most eye-catching and tasteful antique dealers and collectors in the western art world. August 3, 2014, died in New York at the age of 85. His departure, as well as the well-known “Jean Arthur - An Siyuan Private Collection ” series of auction ended in March 2015 at the Rockefeller Center in New York, means that a long time gone. That is, the era when Westerners preserved Chinese cultural relics has come to an end with the departure of many world-class antique dealers.