Friday, May 25, 2012

Chinese Empress


From the Great Eras Collection, this Chinese Empress Barbie is beautifully designed and detailed. Her Qing dynasty costume appears pretty authentic with her elaborate black, gold and red robe featuring dragons as well as her high mandarin collar  and ceremonial collar which is fastened at the neck and spread out across the shoulders. Barbie wears a court hat as well as jade drop earrings and a long strand of gold and jade beads (“chao zhu”)  criss cross her neck. She wears red flower pot shoes.


Release date: 1 January 1997
Label: Collector Edition
Ebay price as at May 2012: US$20 - US$100

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