PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a memorial service statue which is not cracked even when baked at a high temperature, and can be worshiped as an keepsake article that is a double of the soul of the deceased with an excellent appearance.SOLUTION: The memorial service statue 18 is housed in a coffin together with the dead body of the deceased, cremated, taken out after the cremation, and worshiped as the keepsake article that is the double of the deceased. The memorial service statue 18 is formed in a hollow shape with a fixed thickness using fire resisting material, has a communication hole 20 for communicating the inner side and the outer side, is formed into an appropriate statue image, and then baked. Further, in the memorial service statue 18, a plating layer is formed to the base, the plating layer is lost by cremation, and the base is exposed.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】高温で焼成してもクラックが生じることがなく、外観の見栄えが良好な状態で、故人の霊魂の分身たる形見の品としてお祀りすることができる供養像を提供する。【解決手段】故人の遺体と一緒に棺に収めて火葬し、該火葬後に取り出して故人の分身たる形見の品としてお祀りする供養像18であって、該供養像18は、耐火材料を用いて、一定の肉厚で中空状に形成されて、内側と外側とを連通する連通孔20を有して、適宜の像形状に造形されてから、焼成されたものであり、更に、供養像18は、素地に対してメッキ層が形成されており、該メッキ層が火葬によって喪失して、素地が露出するようになっている。【選択図】図8
