What is this cat with chicken porcelain "thing"?

I dug this hollow porcelain container out of a dump in 1967, and have no idea what it is. It's 2"high and about 1 and 1/2 " wide with a removable handle on the side that may have been a spoon? There is a small hole on top of the back of the cat. The cat is holding a chicken, and there's foliage on the back. I've wondered if it's an incense burner.