I’ve heard three theories about the tall foot with the deep cleft of many Hagi bowls. One is that it was to facilitate tying a stack of bowls for transportation, another is that it allowed people other than the overlords to possess the bowls as they were imperfect (the perfect wares being reserved for the powerful), and third that it allows the water to drain from the foot in the dishwasher. I’m not convinced by any of these theories, nor by the scale of these feet, but I like their chutzpah.
