SELECT 
  q_images.*, 
  q_images_links.*, 
  q_common_descriptions.description AS alt, 
  q_images.image_id AS images_image_id 
FROM 
  q_images_links 
  LEFT JOIN q_images ON q_images_links.detailed_id = q_images.image_id 
  LEFT JOIN q_common_descriptions ON q_common_descriptions.object_id = q_images.image_id 
  AND q_common_descriptions.object_holder = 'images' 
  AND q_common_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  q_images_links.object_type = 'product' 
  AND q_images_links.type = 'M' 
  AND q_images_links.object_id IN (
    '37486', '37487', '37488', '37489', 
    '37490', '37491', '37492', '37493', 
    '37494', '37495', '37496', '37497', 
    '37498', '37499', '37500', '37501'
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  q_images_links.position, 
  q_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00125

JSON explain

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            ],
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            ]
          }
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    }
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}