美国宾夕法尼亚大学考古与人类学博物馆(下文简称宾大博物馆)收藏有两尊未来佛弥勒像(见图六、七),以及一件原承托弥勒像的台座(见图八),年代皆在六世纪早期,堪称北魏晚期中国弥勒信仰巅峰的缩影。精致上乘的雕刻,代表着继四至五世纪外来(印度和中亚)元素与中国本土艺术传统最初融合之后,中国佛教艺术集大成式风格的首次出现。本 The Museum of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania (hereafter referred to as the Penn Museum) houses two future Buddha Maitreya images (see Figures 6 and 7), as well as a former Maitreya imagery pedestal (see Figure 8) Early sixteenth century, called the epitome of the peak of the Maitreya religion in late Northern Wei Dynasty. Exquisite carving represents the first appearance of the generative style of Chinese Buddhist art, following the initial fusion of exotic (Indian and Central Asian) elements with Chinese indigenous art traditions from the fourth to fifth century. this