DALLAS, TX.- A monumental Chinese Cloisonné Jardinière from the Qing Dynasty, resting on an elaborate stand with four foo dog legs, sold for $32,500 in Heritage Auctions' Fine and Decorative Arts Auction Feb. 21-22 in Dallas. The two-day auction with nearly 1,500 lots surpassed $1.95+ million and generated intense bidder interest on the floor and online via HALive!

"We were pleased to see several examples of Neoclassical furniture exceed estimates and demand for silver smalls was dedicated and diverse," said Karen Rigdon, Director of Silver and Decorative Arts at Heritage. "Everyone found something to enjoy in this auction."

Furniture took top lot honors as a French Régence-Style Gilt Wood and Marble Inlaid Salon Table and a Neoclassical Malachite, Gilt And Silvered Bronze Table each sold for $27,500. A Louis Xv-Style Mahogany and Kingwood Table with Gilt Bronze Mounts, circa 1890, saw interest from 19 bidders before selling to the phone for $25,000.

A French Louis XV-Style Kingwood, Gilt Bronze and Mirror-Topped Tea Table, circa 1900, sold to the floor for $22,500. A French Régence-Style Kingwood and Gilt Bronze Tall Case Clock after Charles Cressent, circa 1885 with an interesting gilt bronze globe, compass and sheet music decoration mounted to the center of the case, sold for $21,250. A French Régence-Style Carved Wood Salon Table with Inlaid Marble Top sold for $11,250.

The auction's selection of Asian decorative arts prompted a bidding war on HALive! Two separate examples of Chinese carved coral figural groups included an elaborately carved, two-branch group standing 11-inches tall, which sold for $21,500 and a three-branch group standing 10-1/4 inches tall sold for $18,750. A Japanese Porcelain Vase with Gilt Bronze Mounts, standing 40 inches tall, sold for $15,000 to the phone.

Robert Kelly's Mimesis CIV, 2008, sold for $21,250 to lead the auction's Contemporary Art offering. Dimitri Hadzi's cast bronze Untitled, from the private estate of Ruth Carter Stevenson to support the Amon Carter Museum, brought $10,000 — more than three times its estimate.

Fine art and sculpture included Marshes at Sunset with Two Walking Cranes attributed to the Circle of Sergei Ivanovich Vasilkovsky, which sold for $20,000 and a beautiful bronze by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth titled The Star, 1918, which sold for $16,250, more than double its estimate. Colors of Spring by Chen Chi sold for $11,875 and J. Big Gentian, 1982 by Rory McEwen hammered for $10,625.

Silver highlights include an Australian Silver and Emu Egg Presentation Box, which surpassed its estimate at $7,500, an eight-piece Viennese Tea and Coffee Service, circa 1930, which sold for $4,375 and six-piece Adie Brothers Ltd. Silver Tea And Coffee Service, from Birmingham, England, circa 1957-1958, sold for $3,000. An American Silver and Silver Gilt Match Safe, circa 1900 featuring an image of a Native American Indian, sold for $1,125 against a $700 estimate.

Additional highlights include, but are not limited by:

• A pair of complimentary Carved and Polychromed Wood Blackamoor Figures, 19th century: Realized: $9,687.

• A Secret Admirer, attributed to school of François Boucher: Realized: $9,375.

• A 74-piece St. Louis Gilt Thistle Pattern Table Glass Service, Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche, France: Realized: $8,750.