Chinese Empress
Doll – Chinese Empress from the Great Eras Collection SKU# 16708 (1997)
I find this funny, that Mattel would make a doll wearing a costume from the Qing Dynasty… considering that they were invaders in China. Along with the Yuan Dynasty, it doesn’t look like the Great Wall of China did such a good job of keeping the “wild northern tribes” (does this remind anyone of the supposed purpose of Hadrian’s wall in Britain?) out of China… maybe it did a better job keeping the rabbits out hehe. At least with the Empress of the Golden Blossom (yet another over-priced “exotic” doll), Mattel found some Tang Dynasty influence and left the Qing Dynasty styles on the drawing board. As for the Princess of China wearing her Qing styled outfit… guilty of having her too lol.
to keep the rabbits out
bunneh ain't so impressed
