Only then would Zhang Yue hunch over his homemade microscope and, between breaths, painstakingly scratch a poem on a miniscule tablet of ivory he bought from a chopstick maker in Peihu. Personally, we don't think Master Zhang needs a whole lot of ivory. But he will need new glasses. By the way, there is a magnifying lens in the shape of an incense burner so you can see every line of Master Zhang's exquisite Chinese calligraphy. You can even take the tablet out of its container-just make sure you're not standing over the sink.
Designs vary, although most of the inscriptions are of classical Chinese poetry.
Sorry for the somewhat blurry enlargement but this was the best we could do after 18 attempts to photograph the inscription. Apparently, our camera is not powerful enough to capture all the nuances of calligraphy that's about the size of bacteria.