Barbie - Dolls of the World - Princess of China - The Princess Collection

Product Features

• Princess of China is a special Barbie that has been crafted with style and loving attention to detail
• She has brown eyes, beautifully coiffed hair, and a crimson dress that's embellished with a blue lotus pattern
• The doll comes with a stand and a certificate of authenticity

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00005O7NU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,842 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Product Description

Product Description

Princess of China is a special Barbie that has been crafted with style and loving attention to detail. She has brown eyes, beautifully coiffed hair, and a crimson dress that's embellished with a blue lotus pattern. Though this Barbie has obviously been designed with collectors in mind, there's no reason she can't be added to any Barbie fan's repertoire. The doll comes with a stand and a certificate of authenticity.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Ge Ge (Qing Era Princess), March 17, 2002

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Anahita (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Barbie - Dolls of the World - Princess of China - The Princess Collection (Toy)

The word "Ge Ge" was used to address a princess in the Qing Dynasty. This princess almost resembles a real Ge Ge. This doll has lovely face paint, and she has such a sweet smile! She even comes with pedestal shoes. Only Manchurian women and women in the palace wear such shoes. Her qipao (her gown) has lovely golden locus and dragon patterns on it. She wears a headdress with lovely pink flowers and a golden phoenix. The only thing Mattel should've added were two red long tassles, one on each side of the headdress where the flowers are. I've heard that according to Qing Dynasty dress codes, a princess has those on her headdress, and she also wears a white scarf around her neck so that people (servants, soldiers, etc) can tell that she is related to the Emperor. (Maids also wear similar headresses, but with one tassle). Nevertheless, this doll is still very beautiful. Mattel has done a much better job with this doll than it is has with other DOTW (Dolls of the World) oriental dolls.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Porcelain China Doll, January 26, 2002

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Barbie - Dolls of the World - Princess of China - The Princess Collection (Toy)

I was amazed to see such excellent workmenship on this doll, not only did she wear an authentic gown of the Qing era and fun to look at but, on the back of her box there's a short story about "The Qing Dynasty", a good educational touch for the children or even the grown ups LoL=(laughing out loud). Doll dosen't look like your common facial featured barbie doll. Her face seem's almost porcelain like, though her eye's are not chinese looking enough, still the doll is beautiful!!.
Even though is for children I bought this doll for my collection since the box she comes in is also stunning (A must for a collector). I wouldn't really recommend this doll to any child from the ages 5 and under since it has small parts (eg: earings)very easy to swollow. I rated the durability of this items a 5 star since I don't play with the doll only for displaying. Not sure how it would hold up in a child's hand perhaps "Good"?.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Princess of China Review, April 26, 2002

By 

A. Katz (New York City) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Barbie - Dolls of the World - Princess of China - The Princess Collection (Toy)

This is a very pretty doll. Her costume and Hairdo replicates the syle of royalty in the dynasty era. She has beautiful earrings. I was disappointed she didn't have under garments. All in all a wonderful aquisition.