The detail that caught me off guard is that the pink brain is a swap piece. Leave it in the little white bowl and the smoke from the cone on the cat's head drifts out of the mouth. Set it on the head opening instead and the smoke finds its way out through vents behind the ears. One figurine, two different smoke shows.
The build itself is a handmade ceramic incense burner shaped like a Frankenstein-monster cat. The pale green glaze works nicely against the painted black stitches, and the yellow cartoon eyes with pink blush give it a goofy charm. Metal bolts stick out from the sides of the head, and the bowl the cat holds has a glossy orange inside that pops against the green.
The mechanics are simple but well judged. A lit cone rests on a small cork stand on the head, and the brain can live either in the bowl or capping the head opening.
The maker says the brain is purely decorative, and jokes that smoke comes out whether or not it is in place. That leaves one open question for me: with the brain sitting in the bowl, does any smoke also escape at the head opening, or does the mouth take it all? Either way, this is a charming, playful piece of work.