Eyebrow Shapes of Chinese Empresses of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

The aim of this study was to analyze eyebrow shapes in portraits of Chinese empresses of Ming and Qing dynasties. The frontal portraits of 20 Ming empresses and 24 of Qing in which the eye and eyebrows were identifiable were measured and analyzed. The arch shape did not differ significantly (P > 0.05) between Ming and Qing. The head-up type (66.6%) was significantly more common (P 

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