Czech Collectors and Traditional Vietnamese Art / Čeští sběratelé a tradiční vietnamské umění

The establishment and evolution of the Vietnamese collection of the National Museum – Náprstek Museum – Asian, African and American Cultures. Vietnamese art in further collections. Collectors and Vietnam: Joe Hloucha, Antonín Kolek, Václav Sivko, Miroslav Rozehnal, Václav Šolc, Bedřich Forman, František Šita. Mythical animals: dragon, phoenix, tortoise, unicorn, fish, bat, crane and tiger. Catalogue of 59 artefacts with animal motifs. Mythical animals and their symbolic meaning – table. List of 37 illustrations. Overview of Vietnamese names and terms. List of Vietnamese artefacts with mythical animal motifs in collections of the National Museum – Náprstek Museum and the National Gallery in Prague . The publication was issued as part of the scientific research project of the National Museum No. MK00002327202 – Personalities of Czech Science and Culture, supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.