Tag #Riddles

How do the contradictory statements on the urns reveal the identity of the artisan who made them?

The solution requires analyzing the truth values of each inscription to deduce the urn maker and portrait location. If the lead urn's inscription were true, only one urn would be by Cellini, contradicting the condition that at least two are by Bellini. Thus, the lead urn is by Bellini, making its inscription false, meaning at least two urns are by Cellini. Since the gold and silver urns have identical inscriptions, only one can be true. If the gold urn were by Cellini, its inscription would be true, but this would mean the silver urn inscription is false. If the silver urn were by Cellini, its inscription would also be true, but this would mean the gold urn is by Bellini and its inscription false. This makes the gold and silver urns both by Cellini and the portrait must be in either one of them.