Most product pages show you a stock bottle and ask you to imagine customization. This page shows you the finished result of one. The photograph of this model is a real produced sample: a fan-shaped (scallop-shell) XO brandy bottle in flint glass with frosted relief panels, scalloped edges, and printed branding that is clearly legible on the glass — “X.O”, the brand name “AOSIMAN”, the producer line “YANTAI AOSIMAN WINERY CO., LTD”, “40%vol”, and “e70cl”. If you have ever wondered whether a Chinese glass factory can take a sculptural concept from sketch to a shelf-ready branded bottle, this page is your evidence.

What the Sample Proves — Facts from the Photo

Because the branding is printed on the bottle itself, several facts can be stated without guessing:

  • Product type: an XO-grade brandy package — the category where presentation matters most.
  • Nominal volume: 70cl (700 ml), the standard EU-style spirits size, printed as “e70cl”.
  • Strength: 40% vol, printed on the front panel.
  • Shape: a fan or scallop-shell silhouette — a wide arched body with radiating scalloped lobes along both edges, narrowing to a short square-section neck.
  • Surface work: frosted relief panels across the body with clear glass at the ribs and edges, plus dark printed text — three different surface techniques on one bottle.
  • Closure area: a short neck consistent with a bar-top or cork stopper; the exact finish should be confirmed with the factory for your project.

Why XO Brandy Demands a Statement Bottle

In the brandy hierarchy, XO is a promise of age — and aged spirits are bought as often for display as for drinking. Consumers gift them, collectors shelve them, and in many markets the bottle sits on a home bar for years as a status object. That is why XO packaging across the industry leans on sculptural glass: fans, shells, crested decanters, and faceted showpieces that would be irrational for a mixing spirit but are exactly right for a bottle whose job is to be looked at. The fan-shell form of this sample carries a second layer of meaning in Asian markets, where shell and fan motifs suggest prosperity, and where XO brandy is a prestige gift category with enormous volume. If your brand sells into gift-driven spirits markets, silhouette symbolism is not decoration — it is market fit.

Three Techniques, One Bottle: What You Can Commission

This sample is essentially a capability menu in physical form. First, custom mold work: the fan outline, scalloped lobes, and square neck were all formed in a bespoke mold — proof that complex asymmetric shapes are producible, not just renderable. Second, frosting with relief contrast: the body panels carry an acid-frosted finish while the structural ribs stay clear, creating depth that photographs beautifully and feels expensive in the hand. Third, direct printing: the brand block, volume statement, and producer line are printed on the glass, showing that mandatory regulatory text can be integrated into the design rather than relegated to a paper label. When you brief your own project, you can mix and match these techniques — or add decals, hot stamping, or color spray on top.

The Regulatory Text Lesson for Buyers

Notice what the printed front panel includes: brand, grade (X.O), alcohol by volume, nominal volume, and producer identity. These are the elements most spirits markets require to be legible on the container, and putting them directly on the glass means your decorative label — if you use one at all — is free to be small, luxurious, and uncluttered. When you commission a custom bottle from us, we will ask for your market’s labeling rules early, because what must be printed, and at what minimum size, differs between the EU, the US, China, and the Gulf states. Getting this right at the mold and artwork stage is far cheaper than reprinting after production.

From Reference Sample to Your Own Bottle

There are three realistic ways to use this page. Route one: you like the fan-shell concept as-is — ask us whether this mold is available for your program and what the MOQ and decoration options are. Route two: you want a different statement shape (a different motif, a different edge treatment, your own relief artwork) — we develop a new mold from your sketches or our design team’s proposals, with physical samples before production. Route three: you keep a standard bottle but adopt the technique mix — frosting, relief, and printed regulatory text — on a stock shape, which dramatically lowers tooling cost. Each route has different MOQ and tooling implications, laid out in our MOQ guide.

Quality Standards Behind Sculptural Glass

Complex shapes demand more process control, not less. Production lots are annealed with verification aligned to ASTM C148; internal pressure resistance is tested per ISO 7458; and thermal shock resistance follows ISO 7459. On sculptural bottles we add wall-thickness mapping at the thin transition points — the scalloped edges and neck junction on a design like this — because those are the areas where forming quality shows.

Shipping and Packing a Sculptural Bottle

A fair question buyers ask about statement shapes is whether they survive the journey. Wide bottles like this one travel in custom-divider cartons sized to the silhouette, with the scalloped edges protected by cell partitions rather than loose void fill. Because the footprint is wider than a round 700 ml bottle, units per pallet are lower — we quote carton and pallet layouts with every sculptural project so the freight picture is transparent before you commit to the mold. Gift-box versions ship in the same cartons with the presentation boxes flat-packed alongside.

Start Your Project

Whether you want this fan-shell bottle quoted for your own XO program or you are carrying a sketch of something entirely different, the process starts the same way: send us your concept, target volume, and market through the contact page. If you are still comparing factories, our supplier checklist tells you exactly what evidence to request from each candidate — and as this sample shows, we answer with produced glass, not promises.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this fan-shell bottle a real produced sample?

Yes. The photograph shows a finished branded bottle — the printing on the glass reads ‘X.O’, ‘AOSIMAN’, ‘YANTAI AOSIMAN WINERY CO., LTD’, ‘40%vol’, and ‘e70cl’. It is physical proof of three capabilities on one bottle: custom mold work, frosting with clear-glass relief contrast, and direct printing of branding and regulatory text.

What size and strength is the bottle in the photo?

The facts printed on the glass state 70cl (700 ml) nominal volume and 40% vol alcohol strength for an XO brandy. If you commission this shape or a similar one, your own volume and market-specific text can be printed in the same integrated way.

Can I order this exact bottle for my own brand?

Possibly — ask us whether this mold is available for third-party programs, at what MOQ, and with which decoration options. Alternatively we develop a new statement mold from your sketches, or apply the same frosting-plus-printing technique mix to a stock shape to avoid tooling cost.

Why are XO brandy bottles so sculptural?

XO is a premium age statement, and aged brandy is frequently bought for gifting and display — the bottle sits on home bars for years as a status object. Sculptural silhouettes like the fan-shell form also carry auspicious symbolism in Asian gift markets, making the shape itself part of the product’s market fit.

Can mandatory labeling text be printed directly on the glass?

Yes — this sample does exactly that: grade, ABV, nominal volume, and producer identity are printed on the bottle, freeing the decorative label to be minimal. Tell us your target market early, since required elements and minimum sizes differ between the EU, US, China, and Gulf states.

What quality tests apply to complex shaped bottles?

Lots are annealed with verification aligned to ASTM C148, internal pressure resistance is tested per ISO 7458, and thermal shock resistance follows ISO 7459. Sculptural designs additionally get wall-thickness mapping at thin transition points such as scalloped edges and neck junctions.