Salvete Omnes,
Tang Dynasty period in Chinese history is famous for the ceramics in shape of horse and horse & rider.
I have a book - actually an exhibit catalog from the Kentucky Horse Park (published 2000AD).
Title: The Imperial China, The Art of the Horse in Chinese (review).
In the Chapter: The Horse in Chinese History by Bill Cooke (director emeritus of the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park) there is a description of the Chinese terminology around the Tang Dynasty period.
The author provided information on the horse harness terminology -
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| Jisheng on the crouper harness |
Bridle- 'luotou' and the Bit - 'Youle' with cheek-bars - 'Biao'
Saddle - 'An'
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| Pommel and cantle saddle with tree bars |
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| High pommel saddle with a saddle cover, saddle pad, saddle mud guard, and stirrups |
Behind the saddle, to the saddle tree Tang saddlemakers added 4-6 straps hanging down the saddle pad
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| horse with a crenellated mane |
Saddle-pad - 'cun' and Saddle mud-screen - 'zhang-ni'
Saddle cover - 'Anfu'
Saddle cinch/girth - 'Fudai'
Breastplate/breast-strap - 'Panxiong'
Crouper/crupper - 'Qiu'
Apricot/peach leaf ornament - 'Xingye'
Cranellated /crenelated mane - 'three flower' 'Sanhua'
Bounded Tail - 'Fuwei'
Crupper saddle adornment -'Jisheng' (parasite), also a version known as 'Fire pearl ' - 'Hounzhu'
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