SELECT 
  pfv.variant_id, 
  pfv.position, 
  pfvd.variant 
FROM 
  cscart_product_feature_variants AS pfv 
  INNER JOIN cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions AS pfvd ON pfv.variant_id = pfvd.variant_id 
  AND pfvd.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  pfv.variant_id IN (
    1498, 1524, 1205, 1534, 1535, 1214, 1536, 
    1537, 1206, 1207, 1544, 1545, 1556, 
    1557, 1208, 1213, 1215, 1604, 1605
  )

Query time 0.00049

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "table": {
      "table_name": "pfv",
      "access_type": "range",
      "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
      "key": "PRIMARY",
      "key_length": "3",
      "used_key_parts": ["variant_id"],
      "rows": 19,
      "filtered": 100,
      "index_condition": "pfv.variant_id in (1498,1524,1205,1534,1535,1214,1536,1537,1206,1207,1544,1545,1556,1557,1208,1213,1215,1604,1605)"
    },
    "table": {
      "table_name": "pfvd",
      "access_type": "eq_ref",
      "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
      "key": "PRIMARY",
      "key_length": "9",
      "used_key_parts": ["variant_id", "lang_code"],
      "ref": ["ymonline_livedata.pfv.variant_id", "const"],
      "rows": 1,
      "filtered": 100,
      "index_condition": "pfvd.lang_code = 'en'"
    }
  }
}

Result

variant_id position variant
1205 3 Brown
1206 2 Black
1207 1 White
1208 4 Green
1213 0 Gold
1214 0 PINK
1215 0 Silver
1498 0 Stripe
1524 0 3 circle
1534 0 Kenti yellow
1535 0 Kenti multi-colour
1536 0 More orange
1537 0 More yellow
1544 0 Large bead
1545 0 Medium bead
1556 0 Batik
1557 0 Batik spots
1604 0 Male
1605 0 Female